Nikolai shows up in Alina's rooms. She does what she can to ease the King of Scars.

Theirs is a delicate balance. They work because they are eternal, and there is only two of them. But nothing is static. After centuries of ruling side by side, something happens to shake the careful harmony Alina and the Darkling have created for themselves.

Ivan joins Alina after all. And in the fallout of the Darkling's defeat, he stays.

"His name was Aleksander," Alina murmurs one day, and Nikolai understands that she's given him a piece of herself that no one else has ever seen.

And other love stories. 50 sentences on Alina and Nikolai.

Not all curses can be lifted. Annabeth's blindness remains with her after Tartarus; this is how she deals.

The night of the fete, the Darkling visits Alina's room after all. A what-if scenario, based on the idea that Baghra never came, and he did.

In the conservatory at Tomikyana, Alina tells Mal what their story would have been if the Grisha Examiners had discovered her power. This is that tale, from the very beginning, to the bitter end. (AlinaxMal, AlinaxDarkling)

After the events at the Spinning Wheel, the Darkling calls to Alina in his grief. This time, she answers.

Chiaroscuro; the use of strong contrasts between light and dark. Fifty sentences on the relationship between Alina and the Darkling.

Kakashi ponders the meaning behind Sakura's casual touches, realises that she might not be the one becoming over-invested here.

Best friend? Crazy. Love life? Dead. James Potter? Unfortunately, alive. Lily's sixth year at school has not got off to a good start. But war's a brewing and Lily doesn't have time to be angsting because she's about to be thrown right into the middle...

Fighting, James thinks, is the easy part. Doing your bit for the war effort by hiding and running away is much, much more difficult. Lily and James talk about what it means to protect their son.