[ He hesitates. She’s always been perspective. That had been true from the first moment he met her, when he’d seen her peering at his face as if she knew it wasn’t real. She hadn’t known who he was, but she’d known there was more to him than he was saying.
Just as she knows it now. ]
You’re very suspicious. Has anyone ever told you that? I’m not the enemy. The Darkling is a regicidal traitor, and whatever you may think of me, understand that I have a problem with that. I don’t intend on sitting back while he does what he pleases. You and I are on the same side – or at least we will be, once you stop running away from it.
no subject
Just as she knows it now. ]
You’re very suspicious. Has anyone ever told you that? I’m not the enemy. The Darkling is a regicidal traitor, and whatever you may think of me, understand that I have a problem with that. I don’t intend on sitting back while he does what he pleases. You and I are on the same side – or at least we will be, once you stop running away from it.