Stormbringer | Nikolai Lantsov
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Bound to Ravka since childhood and hidden behind palace walls, she was raised to serve-first as a noble, then as a Grisha. What begins as duty soon tangles with secrets, stolen glances, and a love neither time nor war can quiet.
As shadows rise and kingdoms falter, Sofia must decide who she is beyond the roles others chose for her... and whether love is worth defying the fate carved for her since birth.
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