Believe it or not, that has nothing to do with you being a possessive ass. [ well. almost nothing. ] I suppose I should thank her for suggesting you apologize.

[ he'd dodged the first effort to needle him and find out if genya was indeed going behind her back to tell him things. alina doesn't want to believe it—but apparently, it wouldn't be the first time.

she wants to believe the scars are all the difference. she wants to believe that there exists a universe in which it didn't take scars for genya to stop being loyal to him. but wanting to believe and believing are two very different animals. ]