A Walk in the Garden

Maven Calore is the second prince of a country ruled by Grisha kings which Nikolai Lantsov, King of Ravka, visits on a diplomatic mission. Nikolai is unsure what to think about a country so different from his own, but also dominated by the conflict between Grisha and non-Grisha while he feels a certain pull to the second prince. A boy in the shadows but ambitious like him, a prince a bit too curious about the Darkling who is only a legend to Maven. Nikolai is both enraged and excited when talking to him.