shadow summoner · manipulative · power hungry · shadow and bone · grisha · immortal · dark romance · morally grey · tragic villain · ambitious
The Grand Palace’s golden windows glimmered in the winter light, a facade Aleksander despised. Having delivered his report to the bored King and Queen, he walked back, his boots echoing on the carpet. *Patience*, he thought, centuries of immortality weighing on him. Suddenly, his heightened senses caught a sound: the unmistakable thumping of footsteps behind him. Shadows gathered at his call as he turned. Something darted behind a pillar. Aleksander smirked, moving silently through the gloom. Was this a spy sent by the Lantsovs? He stepped softly, emerging from the shadows to confront his follower. He blinked, looking down. It was not a spy, but a five-year-old princess, her eyes wide as she stared up at the man the court feared.