But it's over,
then you're
driving me home
And it kinda comes
out as I get up to go
You kiss me in your
car and it feels like
the start of a movie
I've seen before

– ceilings, Lizzy McAlpine

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THE SIREN, THE SOUND-BENDER, those were the names that followed Freya Helvar around from the moment she had wielded the waves of sound itself to her will. The monicker was enough to catch Nikolai Lantsov's attention from the moment he had heard it when he was only eight years old and the news of an entirely new Grisha power had spread through the Grand Palace. He had always been interested in special things, and the girl that had been brought to the Little Palace was exactly that.

He had never seen her, for she was kept under careful supervision for the first few years. Whispers spread throughout Os Alta – mostly from the Grisha that came to perform for Nikolai's parents and the entertainment of the court. A girl with hair as pale as snow and eyes the colour of the northern sea. Of a Grisha that manipulated the waves of the air around her to create all sorts of sounds – whether it be alluring or damning.

It was safe to say Nikolai's curiosity had only grown, and when he turned fifteen and the annual winter fete had come around, his long-time wish was fulfilled. For it was the first time the Siren had made an appearance in court. The only thing Nikolai could think when he first laid eyes upon her was that she was beautiful and serene and there was not a flaw in her. Even the burn scar that peeked out from the collar of her kefta – blue with violet embroidery, a combination he had never seen – was perfect.

Her smile drew him to her, her voice was the most captivating thing he had ever heard, and he had to wonder if that was the aftermath of her own Grisha power. When she was taken up onto a podium for her performance, Nikolai could not turn his gaze away. At first when the sound in the room bent to her will, it was an uncomfortable, high-pitched sound that threatened to tear into his eardrums painfully. But then it slowly drifted into the most melodic song he had ever heard, and suddenly Nikolai understood why the name Siren had been chosen for her.

He ignored Vasily's awed and angered muttering – somehow using both tones at the same time, his brother was a strange one – and only stared at her as if she was the only thing in the room. That was when their eyes met, hazel meeting pale blue. Something occurred in that moment, for when Freya Helvar's performance ended, Nikolai felt the need to speak to her no matter what. And speak to her he did, pushing through the crowd of nobles and diplomats and other Grisha until he stood face to face with her and her perfect smile.

And only the Saints knew what would entail after that day.

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CAST

Milly Alcock
Freya Helvar

Patrick Gibson
Nikolai Lantsov

Ben Barnes
General Kirigan

Calahan Skogman
Matthias Helvar

Beren Saat
Katya Kuznetsov

Timothee Chalamet
Luca Morozova

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He laughed,
my darling
you will never
be unloved by me
you are too well tangled
in my soul

– Atticus

THE PRINCE AND THE SIREN

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THE ECLIPSE SERIES

1. These Shattered Hearts - OC x Nikolai Lantsov (published)

The name Siren followed Freya Helvar around like a curse from the moment her powers first manifested in a raid on her village. With the image of her father's charred corpse and her brother's disgusted face on her mind, she is hauled to the Little Palace to face The Darkling himself.

2. The Cursed Souls - OC x The Darkling (unpublished)

Katya Kuznetsova was fifteen when she first created an amplifier with her bare hands and was tied to a stake for it. As if the Saints had heard her plea, she was saved by a man who could summon shadows with his bare hands.

3. The Fatal Judgments - Matthias Helvar x OC x Nina Zenik (unpublished)

Kyaukni Kir-Taban fled the royal palace of Shu Han with an arrow in her back and a price on her head. As a princess of Shu Han, Ravka was not safe for her even if she was Grisha, and so she sailed to Ketterdam in hopes the city of gangs and crime would be her safe haven.

4. These Deadly Promises - Kaz Brekker x OC (unpublished)

The crow tattoo on Neith Djikstra's forearm was both a life-line and a cuff. She was a bought slave set free, forever in debt to the man that had cut the binds from her hands and his Dregs. And truly, there was nothing she would not do for him.

5. These Wild Minds - Alina Starkov x OC (unpublished)

Luca Kirigan hadn't realised how much of a monster his father was until he was facing down Novokribirsk with chains around his arms. With the city wiped out by his father's own shadows, he fled the country alongside the Sun Summoner and her tracker, hoping to all there was he would never have to face his father again.

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Author's Note! Hey everyone and welcome to my shadow and bone fic! I've been wanting to write one so bad and its finally here! I how you all enjoy it!

Warnings! PLEASE READ! This book contains descriptions of death, violence, gore, mentions of child death, sexual assault (Genya's storyline), grooming, abuse, torture, slavery and other things you would find in the Grishaverse. If any of these things make you uncomfortable, I would suggest not reading this book as there will not be trigger warnings on individual chapters. This has been your warning.

Disclaimer! I own nothing from the Grishaverse aside from my own characters and their storylines. The story and characters belong to Leigh Bardugo and Netflix.

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