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Doubt Truth to Be a Liar by timeandspace_lord for DancingShadows9174
Fandoms: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo
24 Jul 2025
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In which a changeling and the Faerie prince fall in love. Nikolai Lantsov is a changeling, a Faerie baby replacing the Lantsov king’s second son. Kaz is the crown prince of the Fae, born and raised in the Otherworld. When their paths cross in the woods on one fateful day, the encounter will stick in each man's mind and open a whole world of possibilities to them both.
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The person — a man not much younger than himself, Nikolai notices — gets up, swearing viciously in a low, raspy voice. He turns and Nikolai is struck, not by the glare levelled on him, but by the prettiness of the face wearing it. There’s an almost unearthly beauty to this other man that leaves Nikolai floundering for a moment.
Then the man starts talking.
“You ungainly, lumbering fool,” he spits. “How dare you lay finger on me, you who should lay prostrate before me like all mortal-kind. Do you not know who I am? I, who has dominion over this place. I, who is lord and master of-” He stops rather abruptly as his eyes finally meet Nikolai’s.
He frowns, and his eyes sweep down Nikolai’s body and back up again. Then his face transforms, flashing from confusion to surprise to a cold, disconcerting smile.