Epilogue In the summertime, he brings sunflowers to her grave. She loved them so much, kept a small garden even in the middle of the...

Chapter Nineteen Приди, сладкая смерть “I suppose you have questions,” Natalya breaks the pained silence abruptly. There she is in the...

Chapter Eighteen Pазбей меня The door to Jack’s room is open. Within, Ada finds rotten crumbs of food, bloody bandages, and more that a...

Chapter Seventeen Те же могилы This time Natalya brings a gun. Nothing can go wrong today, she will make absolute sure of it. The weak...

(WARNING: SEE DESCRIPTION OF VIDEO FOR CONTENT WARNINGS, IF YOU'D LIKE.) Chapter Fourteen Кормить Машину After staying in bed all...

Chapter Thirteen богоподобный Katya has had a lot of tutors, and it’s always the same. They arrive, they teach her for a little while,...

Chapter Twelve добрый Ivan sits in the library long after Mishka has left. The book on the Volkov family exploits lies tauntingly on the...

Chapter Eleven Ахиллес, спускайся Jack resides in a coffin; small, dark, and musty. Boards cover the singular window, only allowing small...

Chapter Ten Пусть умрет There is silence in the servant’s quarters for a long time. Mishka furrows his brow and Ada stares down at her...

(WARNING: PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTION OF VIDEO FOR TRIGGER WARNINGS) Chapter Nine Полая Луна Ada spends the next couple of days doing two...

Chapter Eight Бег на этот холм She should be waiting for a plan, backup, anything. If she’s discovered now, the cards will be all out on...

Chapter Seven серия фрагментов The table remains silent for a long time, as Mishka stares down at his hands, and Ada stares at him. More...

Chapter Six Маленький темный век St. Petersburg, 1905 For the last few years, Mishka had lived near the hulking, soot-stained factories...

Chapter Five Городо́к Дья́вола Mishka is having second thoughts about tutoring Katya Volkovna. Well, third, really, if his earlier...

Chapter Four Без эмоций It is incredibly late. Or maybe perhaps it is instead incredibly early. It’s difficult for Ivan to tell these...

Chapter Three Суки варят Mishka is honestly impressed. Though he has only been at the manor for a day, he’s already been sucked into the...

Chapter Two Язычники Mishka has begun to feel great trepidation at the prospect of tutoring Katya Volkovna. There she sits across the...

Chapter One Маленький монстр Russia, 1908 The cold, misty tundra unfurls slowly from beyond the carriage window, and Mishka has trouble...

Prologue In the summer-time, they had the sunflowers. Wide, yellow heads, they had, and great, tall stalks that stretched up to the...

Chapter Sixteen Темный рай The dining room is exceptionally quiet, the only sounds the clinking of Natalya and Ivan’s silverware, and the...