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the least i can do is stop giving people a reason to talk specifically about me in relation to you.
i know nikolai doesn't like the rumors, anyway.
it doesn't help the rumors he was already dealing with before.
i just don't want people talking badly about you. i hate hearing it.
i know nikolai doesn't like the rumors, anyway.
it doesn't help the rumors he was already dealing with before.
i just don't want people talking badly about you. i hate hearing it.
alina, no.
no.
that's not what i meant.
i'm just trying to make sure this works. you're meant to be something. something great.
i don't want to stand in the way of that.
you'll see me. i promise. just maybe not when you've got a hundred pairs of eyes on you.
no.
that's not what i meant.
i'm just trying to make sure this works. you're meant to be something. something great.
i don't want to stand in the way of that.
you'll see me. i promise. just maybe not when you've got a hundred pairs of eyes on you.
i'm surprised nikolai didn't get someone to tailor your face into a perpetual smile.
if they think that then they just don't know the real you.
look, the next time i'm not there, just think about that time i fell into that puddle of muddy water outside the chapel.
that way you don't have to look miserable.
if they think that then they just don't know the real you.
look, the next time i'm not there, just think about that time i fell into that puddle of muddy water outside the chapel.
that way you don't have to look miserable.
are queens supposed to plan this kind of misbehavior?
as much as i would enjoy watching nikolai struggle through that, i think i'd enjoy seeing you happy more.
it's not impossible.
as much as i would enjoy watching nikolai struggle through that, i think i'd enjoy seeing you happy more.
it's not impossible.
i've taken the lack of punching since that fateful day as a sign in my favor.
[ nikolai also knows she wouldn't have hung around if she didn't have at least a moderate amount of faith in him and what they're trying to accomplish. ]
only if you agree to come with me first.
[ nikolai also knows she wouldn't have hung around if she didn't have at least a moderate amount of faith in him and what they're trying to accomplish. ]
only if you agree to come with me first.
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knowing that everyone's watching me? knowing that you're watching me?
it's somewhere between performing in the sankt nikolaus pageant and what i imagine it would feel like posing nude for the queen's life drawing class in the palace gardens.
knowing that everyone's watching me? knowing that you're watching me?
it's somewhere between performing in the sankt nikolaus pageant and what i imagine it would feel like posing nude for the queen's life drawing class in the palace gardens.
If youโre curious about what posing for the queenโs drawing class is like, you should ask Ivan.
He lost a bet to Feydor. Donโt ever bet against Feydor playing darts, no matter how bad he looks.
No, but I watched that bet. Ivanโs face was memorable. You would have expected a heartrender to be able to keep himself from turning the same colour as a Fabrikatorโs kefta.
One of the queenโs ladies is quite talented. Too bad her artwork was mysteriously set on fire.
No one can be dour forever, Miss Starkov. Not even my men.
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