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Wait. I’m suddenly imagining Holland as Mads Mikkelsen. He would be great as a sympathetic villain.
But maybe this is a type cast???

oh my god.
what an ending.

Kell’s eyes went to the palace one last time, and he thought he could almost make out the shape of a man standing alone on a high balcony. At this distance, he was little more than a shadow, but Kell could see the band of gold glinting in his hair as a second figure came to stand beside the king.

Rhy raised his hand, and so did Kell, a single unspoken word between them.

Anoshe.

Kell’s eyes went to the palace one last time, and he thought he could almost make out the shape of a man standing alone on a high balcony. At this distance, he was little more than a shadow, but Kell could see the band of gold glinting in his hair as a second figure came to stand beside the king.

Rhy raised his hand, and so did Kell, a single unspoken word between them.

Anoshe.

After all, she’d already taken two Londons as her own.

She was a thief, a runaway, a pirate, a magician.

She was fierce, and powerful, and terrifying.

She was still a mystery.

And he loved her.

A knife struck the docks between Kell’s feet, and he jumped.

“Lila!” he shouted.

“Leaving!” she called from the deck. “And bring me back that knife,” she added. “It’s my favorite one.”

“Well, come on, before I decide to sail without you.” She spun away, shouting orders at the ship’s crew like a true captain, and the men aboard all listened and obeyed. They leapt to action with a smile, threw off ropes and drew up anchor as if they couldn’t wait to set sail. He couldn’t blame them. Lila Bard was a force to be reckoned with.

His heart slowed, winding down like a music box, a season at its end.

The last air left Holland’s lungs.

And then, at last, the world breathed in.