LILIYA WAS ONE OF KIRIGAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS. She wasn't typical by any means and often went against his orders. Usually, the Darkling  waved it off and allowed her to do as she pleased. She was too valuable to lose. However, when a mission to Shu Han goes wrong and she fails to bring who he asked for, there are consequences and they both discover things about themselves they never knew.

LILIYA VLASOV 
played by katherine mcnamara
' you cannot keep me here! '

GENERAL KIRIGAN 
played by ben barnes
' i knew there was more '

GENYA SAFIN 
played by daisy head
' these men are powerful, dangerous '

ARINA played by emeraude toubia
IVAN played by simon sears
BAGHRA played by zoë wanamaker
ALINA played by jessie mei li
MAL played by archie renaux

WARNINGS; manipulation, mentions of/references to war, toxic relationship, reference to & description of injuries, blood, trauma and more

STARTED; 12th april, 2021
FINISHED; 12th january, 2023

NOTE; hi, hi, so this is more of ruby simping for ben barnes' characters! yay! but anyway,  basically this fic has been an idea floating around in my  head, it takes place pre-the shadow   and bone trilogy so no alina/mal etc until act two (sorry) but there's still SOME familiar faces. also with this relationship, please be aware that the darkling is a manipulative guy and THE ROMANCE IN THIS  BOOK IS NOT (really) HEALTHY! you can read about these relationships and find them fun or whatever in FICTION but please,  please, please be cautious  of things like this in the real world! stay safe y'all

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