[That any order would have her run, not walk, in to defiance. That his words would spark another rebellion in her. It seems to be the way of things between them, he asks and she refuses when it suits her.
What ends she might seek, when his station and his Small Science had done nothing to entice her in Ravka, he doesn't know. Doesn't want to guess at what ends she sees when she looks at him in the low lights of the barracks.
His voice is warm, and he hates how it intimate it sounds through this network.]
Yes.
[As foolish as it is, he does. Believe. In her promise and in her, in the power that hums underneath her skin and the destiny she still carries. And he has no other choice...]
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[That any order would have her run, not walk, in to defiance. That his words would spark another rebellion in her. It seems to be the way of things between them, he asks and she refuses when it suits her.
What ends she might seek, when his station and his Small Science had done nothing to entice her in Ravka, he doesn't know. Doesn't want to guess at what ends she sees when she looks at him in the low lights of the barracks.
His voice is warm, and he hates how it intimate it sounds through this network.]
Yes.
[As foolish as it is, he does. Believe. In her promise and in her, in the power that hums underneath her skin and the destiny she still carries. And he has no other choice...]
Don't make me regret it, Alina.