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“I have loved you since before I was born, I think. I have studied you, worshipped you, lost you, mourned you. I have wept at your bier and fought beneath your flag. I have killed you, Una, over and over.” Your voice dragged now like a dull blade, whetting itself against me. The tips of your thumbs pressed into my flesh. “This once, please—let me save you.”

Hen tossed his head as he broke into an eager trot. I was eager, too— how sweet it was to die, knowing someone wanted you to live.

Someone sedate me

I could deny my destiny, and even my queen. I could never deny you.

I’m unhealthily obsessed with this

A lady knight who isn’t girly saying: “I am not sure which I prefer: To be taken for something I am not, or to fail at being what I am.”

Hey yeah this is gonna be a 5 ⭐️ I already know

Then you said, “Please,” and that cool voice caught and hung on the word, and I thought I would do anything at all—live or die or burn in hell— if you asked it of me.