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Part 2 of "Shadow and Bone" - Season 3 & Season 4
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2025-07-06
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2026-06-09
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She'll Wait for Him

Summary:

Alina Starkov and Aleksander Morozova have finally found their way back to each other after he returned from dead.
Now that The Black General has become the new Regent of West Ravka, and he and Alina have been expecting twins, it would seem that things will finally start to look better in this country ravaged by constant military conflicts and the inept rule of the Lantsov dynasty.
The problem is that the young Tsar Nikolai will do everything in his power to prove that he is a better ruler than the Darkling, engaging himself in a very dangerous political marriage with the Shu-Han Princess. Meanwhile, Alina's pregnancy turns out not to be exactly what she imagined. In her quest to solve the mysteries of the past, the future queen of Ravka will inadvertently become entangled in the secrets of the Morozova family, which will – as it turns out – lead her to the mysteries of her own origin. And this all will happen while Aleksander tries to prevent a new war, knowing that the only thing that can save his homeland is when he ascends the throne in Os Alta.
But there is another problem. The Darkling has used merzost again.

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Chapter 1: Author's Note

Notes:

This story has been written for the Abyss of Light and Shadows Discord Server 🖤

Beta-read and art by Ola. Thank you so much for your help ❣

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AN

 

Hello, my dear ones 🖤🌷

 

 

Thank you for accompanying me on the second part of an adventure that has really only just begun.

If you want to check how Alina and Aleksander overcame their differences and became inseparable, I invite you to the first part of my story (where it is all explained). It is called “He’ll Be Back for Her” and you can find it here:

 

 

- He'll Be Back For Her (first part of my story) -

 

 

Both Aleksander and Alina have come a long way to get to a point where they are now. Alina has finally started to learn from her mistakes and has proven that she is capable of paying for them. Aleksander, in turn, has given her time to understand this, in the meantime saving Ravka from the Fjerdan invasion and the threat of the spread of jurda parem. And as it turns out, our Darklina will become parents. Love can create something new – beautiful and powerful even in a total darkness. Isn't that the beauty of this ship?

But unfortunately it's not that simple, because Aleksander and Alina's children are very unusual, and the Darkling has used merzost again. On top of that, Nikolai intends to thwart the plans of The Black General through his desperate political marriage to the Shu-Han Princess, Ehri Kir-Taban. But will he manage to prevent the coming war in this way? Or maybe Lantsov Puppy will only make things worse, and his new Regent will have to clean up the mess after him again?

And to make matters worse, the past has come back to haunt Aleksander Morozova. The past so ancient that it is almost forgotten, but it explains everything about his and Alina's origins. Will the Black General discover the truth, and in the process save his new family? Will the throne of Os Alta finally rightfully fall into his hands?

 

I invite you to my sequel of “He’ll Be Back for Her” 🖤