-in the early days of their time in the ravkan first army, alina starkov, a mapmaker and her friend, mal oretsev, a tracker, come across a girl in trouble and in need of their help. the two quickly become attached to her and spend their days having fun and making sure their units are always together. until one day, a trip into the fold doesnt go well and new things are discovered. - this book will loosly follow the events of the book shadow and bone. - it may be quite long. - it will be alina x mal x oc (eventually) - uploads may not be frequent - this is my first book in this style so it might suck sorry i do not own any characters except elara! all credits to leigh bardugo