[ They'd been apart for a stretch, when the group had returned from the caves. Alina holed up with Ianthe. Nikolai occupied with the fall out from the month's chaos. The unanswered questions left to settle, put aside for the moment.
But on this, the first night where they've shared a bed in days, tucked together in the gray of early morning, Nikolai asks her— ]
Will you let me ask you about it?
[ Because there's certainly only one thing he could be referring to, really. ]
u kno.
But on this, the first night where they've shared a bed in days, tucked together in the gray of early morning, Nikolai asks her— ]
Will you let me ask you about it?
[ Because there's certainly only one thing he could be referring to, really. ]