ellewhile

"I'm like your little pet," I said once, when they wouldn't stop glancing at me. "Have you fed me? Have you watered me? I bet they wonder."There was darkness in his voice when he responded, and it rushed through his fingers and into mine as our hands brushed together. "Not for long, Alina." He dipped his head down to my ear, dipped his volume to match. "That I can promise."»»-----　♔　-----««The winter after the Darkling is defeated, Alina and Mal decide to stay in a cabin before officially settling down. After a fight, Alina is left to live alone. It's not too long before shadows start to follow her.The Darkling is dead. Or is he? We must all face our demons sooner or later. [you can find this story on ao3!]story started: June 2019 story completed: ?…

ellewhile

An expansion of the time Alina spent on Nikolai's ship in Siege & Storm, featuring a sexual encounter between the Darkling and Alina.Please be warned that this story features dubious consent. Alina is not very excited about what happens between them.I have an idea for a continuation of this, just another chapter, but no promise that it'll get written!…

ellewhile

I looked into Mal's eyes-his familiar blue eyes that I knew even better than my own. Except they weren't blue. In the dying lamplight, they glimmered quartz gray.He smiled then, a cold, clever smile like none I'd ever seen on his lips."I missed you too, Alina." Instead of responding with fear, Alina responds with anger. A different take on the scene where the Darkling comes to her. *warning for adult content!…

ellewhile

At the end of Ruin & Rising, Alina agrees to cooperate with the Darkling in order to keep her friends alive. A year has since passed. Slowly, she comes to realize her true potential, and slowly, she starts to understand him. What would happen if she were to take the throne by his side? (SMUT)…