Art of Deception Part 6 (Orlo x Reader)
Summary: An Orlo x Reader slow burn. You and your uncle have just arrived in Peter III’s court from the Colonies. You uncle has warned you of the debauchery of the court and devises a plan to keep you safe, but the Emperor has other ideas. You find yourself thrown to the wolves and you must keep your secret while while fighting the growing feelings you have for the one person in court you who you would tell the secrets of the universe to if he would only ask.
Note: Anything in Italics indicates the characters are speaking English as opposed to Russian
Also available to read on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25566277/chapters/63156886
The first thing you became aware of was the debilitating pain in your head that worsened each time your heart beat. You groaned, trying to regulate you breathing in effort to slow your heart rate. You had nearly lowered the speed and intensity of your pulse when you felt a sharp sting at the crook of you left arm. You fought to crack your weary eyes open, blinking a few times against the light. When your eyes finally adjusted you were greeted with the face of a man you had never met before.
His wide, startled eyes met yours for a moment before you retched you arm out of his grasp and pushed yourself against the headboard. You reached under your pillow where you had hid a knife your uncle had gifted you. You raised it at the man, pushing yourself further into the headboard as a means to steady yourself.
“Who the fuck are you?” you growled and brandished the weapon at the strange man.
