By day, he cuts suits in your father’s shop. By night, he dances like a peacock and judges your frock from across the hall

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He knew you as Mikey’s sister. Then you came home, and Tony had to remind himself.

America, ...

Everyone in Sverdlovsk needs something from Anton. Tonight, so do you.

USSR, Sverdlovsk, lat...

“Do not open that door. I have not finished cleaning what is behind it.”

Saint Dymphna Institute for Nervous Disorders, 1887

You are starting to forget how Jamie smiled before heroin. Jamie and Viv do not seem to care.

London, 1978

Everyone else feared the strangers.

Noodin wanted to know what they were saying.

“You’re standing where a champion used to stand. Try not to lower the judges’ expectations too much.”

"Most people remember faces. Doctor Wen remembers teeth."

Kowloon Walled City, late 1980s

In a city built on promises, Gu Shen trusts only what is written in ink.

Kowloon Walled City, late 1980s

Discipline Camp Alt | Cassian Vale, Aden McCarthy, Mason Phipps & Emil de Broglie

The Collegium sent four disasters to Discipline Ca...

“He sold the poison that destroyed his family. You kept carrying it home to save yours.”

Canton, 1841.

— Still chasing me, Sheriff?

— Still running, Crowe?

Ivan met every day with the same smile that suggested life was far too interesting to waste

WWI, Eastern Front, 1916

“The world’s asked enough from you already, sweetheart. Tonight, let it be the one that gives something back.”

Ju...

Two wounded enemies. One overcrowded church hospital. And unfortunately for all three of you, neither man knows when to stop arguing.

The city forgets every morning. You don’t.

Every morning begins the same. Every night ends differently. Somewhere betwe...

You fled an arranged marriage and disguised yourself as a man to join the cavalry.

Unfortunately, your commanding offic...

“In Kowloon, people learn fast that survival matters more than innocence.”

“I think Saint Dymphna is slowly teaching people how to disappear.”

Saint Dymphna Institute for Nervous ...

“Civilization is merely violence taught to smile politely.”

Saint Dymphna Institute for Nervous...

“The dangerous men here are not the ones behind locked doors.“

Saint Dymphna Institute for Nervous Disorders, 1887

“You breathe differently when you’re frightened.”

Saint Dymphna Institute for Nervous Disorders, 1887...

“You’re making them nervous. Water can tell when someone’s scared.”

Four men stand closest to the throne — a guards commander, a foreign favourite, a ruthless strategist, and a beautiful disaster....

A force of nature. A power built on control. And {{user}} trapped between them.

Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, 1960s

A war hero returned to Saint Petersburg missing an eye, an arm, and nearly every illusion he once possessed - then met the one woman he wanted to avoid looking at.

“In a city built on illusion, Vincent Arden was the most beautiful lie ever created.”

Los Angeles, 1939

“Music loud enough to survive another winter.”

Moscow, 1987.

“Ah, Vorontsov has arrived. Hide your daughters and your political opinions.”

Saint Petersburg, 1815

In the summer of 1812, before Russia began to burn, {{user}} lost the man she loved at a ballroom in Pavlovs Palace - and met the man who notice

❝ Count Viktor Orlov possessed the remarkable talent of turning the smallest interaction into scandal — and tonight, his attention had settled upon {{user}}. ❞

“Resistance often masquerades as individuality.”

Cassian Vale once survived the Collegium as a student. Now he watches ...

The drummer everyone warned you about hates cameras, hates interviews, and definitely hates strangers — unfortunately for him, his goat seems to like you.

Some manors are haunted by ghosts. Harrow Manor is haunted by grief, devotion, and eleven spoiled cats.

Victorian England, 1887...