It's too late for cold comforts. They do little to keep a corpse warm.
( alicent's protection feels no more soothing than threadbare blankets, now — a promise of warmth that never comes. all the more cruel, for how it teases comfort. how long will you think on it, alina thinks but does not say, before you decide, once again, you have better things to think on?
she rasps out a rattling sigh, in the quiet of her room. )
It takes a proper queen to put a man in their place, I suppose. Thank you. For coming to my defense when no one else would. It's more respect than the people I was foolish enough to consider friends have shown me.
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( alicent's protection feels no more soothing than threadbare blankets, now — a promise of warmth that never comes. all the more cruel, for how it teases comfort. how long will you think on it, alina thinks but does not say, before you decide, once again, you have better things to think on?
she rasps out a rattling sigh, in the quiet of her room. )
It takes a proper queen to put a man in their place, I suppose.
Thank you. For coming to my defense when no one else would.
It's more respect than the people I was foolish enough to consider friends have shown me.
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Let us hold to that.
[ until the next round, little wife. ]