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[ Looking for sympathy from Zoya is a fool's errand, and Alina's not even sure what corner of her mind thought she would have found purchase in that foothold. She's slipping on the icy front Zoya's thrown up in front of her. On her knees and knocked down, the last of Alina's resolve dissolves.

She's not special? Being special is exactly the problem. ]

What is this— [ Her knuckles, white with the strength of her grip, wrap around the collars locked around her neck. ] —if not dealing with what I've been dealt? I don't forget what's waiting for me because I can't.

[ She'll laugh it off with a joking explanation when asked about the antlers, do her best to try and be numb to the press of the points into her skin, but there is no forgetting it. No ignoring it. No escaping the strings of fate that are tangled into a noose. ]

I'll do what I need to do. I won't run. [ And ah, there it is, the hot prickle of frustrated tears in her eyes, confronting the fact that the end of this is inevitable. And then you won't have to hear me whining any more, she thinks bitterly. She had thought she reached an amicable peace with Zoya but apparently she's ready to shepherd her to death's door. ] But I can't here. Unless you'd rather chop my head off and take this too.