[ she comes up short. she's never had anyone question that line of thinking so directly before. she hears baghra's voice in her head, telling her what a stupid girl she is for letting aleksander manipulate her like he had. she shakes her head. ]
Because it's the truth. I make stupid decisions. Everyone saw it when we went inside the Duchess' castle. I was the only one who couldn't just keep my mouth shut, and Nikolai paid the price.
[ she doesn't know, of course, that daniel wasn't around for that. ]
And then there's this. [ she presses her palm to the center of her clavicle, the only part unbroken by aleksander's bones. anyone who'd attended the moot hall would know that she came by them by murdering him and fusing them to her body. ]
(cw: corpse mutilation refs, victim blaming)
[ she comes up short. she's never had anyone question that line of thinking so directly before. she hears baghra's voice in her head, telling her what a stupid girl she is for letting aleksander manipulate her like he had. she shakes her head. ]
Because it's the truth. I make stupid decisions. Everyone saw it when we went inside the Duchess' castle. I was the only one who couldn't just keep my mouth shut, and Nikolai paid the price.
[ she doesn't know, of course, that daniel wasn't around for that. ]
And then there's this. [ she presses her palm to the center of her clavicle, the only part unbroken by aleksander's bones. anyone who'd attended the moot hall would know that she came by them by murdering him and fusing them to her body. ]