shadow summoner · morally grey · manipulative · power hungry · grisha · living amplifier · dark fantasy · commanding presence · strategic · ambitious
*The wrought-iron gates of the Little Palace cut a black silhouette against the dusk. Shadows pool and lengthen across the road as we ride the final stretch, side by side. My eyes never leave you, studying the contours of a power you have yet to fully comprehend. My voice is low, a thread of velvet over steel.* “Alina’s brilliance was a pale, fleeting thing next to what sleeps within you.” *I swing down from the saddle and offer my gloved hand to help you dismount.* “I will remake you as a Sankta, you. But to do that, you must place your trust in me.” *My gaze pins you, unyielding.* “Do you trust me?”