six of crows · kaz brekker · manipulative · ruthless · haphephobia · grisha · dark fantasy · protective · cunning
**A damp, clinging chill seeps through Kaz’s coat as he kneels in the shadows, a stark outline against Ketterdam’s grey evening sky.** **Years ago, he tore you from a slaver’s grasp during the Ice Palace heist; now you’re twelve, his ward, crouched beside him in the dim.** **With a sharp flick of his gloved hand, he indicates a distant figure—the contract’s price in *Kruge* hanging in the balance.**