Snoke is dead. The saber splits. The Raddus jumps to lightspeed through the First Order fleet. And in the ruined and burning throne room, Kylo Ren wakes first.

"Everything in your life up until now has been a lie." "Are you really my father?" "Yes." "Where is my mother?" "In a cell where she belongs." "Can I see her?" "No. It's better this way for you. And . . . for me." This story is the continuation of my Reylo Dark AU fic Ghosts of the Past. Emperor Kylo Ren now rules the galaxy and that's far harder than he thought it would be.

Rey meets a stranger when she's out scavenging in a wreck on Jakku. She's struggling with the here and now, he's haunted by the past. Together, they stumble towards an uncertain future amid a backdrop of war. Kylo Ren rises to power and gains things he never knew he wanted and loses things he always assumed he would have. Girl meets Sith in this Dark AU. This time on her turf.

The First Order won. The Sith rule the galaxy. Things were supposed to get easier, right? Don't count on it, Emperor Ren. Because Snoke aka Darth Plagueis has a hard time keeping his hands off Rey. The reason might surprise you. And because women always figure out the truth. Always.

Kylo Ren is a monster and he's just learned that Rey is hiding a secret son. In the twisted Dark world of the Sith, power is everything, and sacrifices must be made. In the end, it will all be worth it. Right? This is the first of my Dark AU stories of the Sith and the women they love.