Enemies. [ He says the word like it's distasteful to him. ] When will you learn, Alina? I am not, nor have I ever been, your enemy. You and I belong together. You know that. You feel it as much as I do. Like calls to like, and you have always called to me.
[ He knows it's true. He knows that it's true for all Grisha, to an extent. He's a living amplifier. His touch makes their powers stronger, which feeds their strength and their focus.
But with Alina, it's more true than most. Their powers are two sides of one coin; he, the summoner of darkness, and she, the bringer of light. They are bound by her collar, and bound too by the scar his nichevo'ya had left on her shoulder. He's always been able to find a way to deepen their bond.
His mistake had been in thinking all that ever did was bind her to him. He'd only realised after the fact that it also bound him to her. That had been unexpected, and worrisome. ]
The Unseelie Court is where they brought me. That makes so little difference. The only Court I care about is the one we left behind. This world is nothing to me.
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Enemies. [ He says the word like it's distasteful to him. ] When will you learn, Alina? I am not, nor have I ever been, your enemy. You and I belong together. You know that. You feel it as much as I do. Like calls to like, and you have always called to me.
[ He knows it's true. He knows that it's true for all Grisha, to an extent. He's a living amplifier. His touch makes their powers stronger, which feeds their strength and their focus.
But with Alina, it's more true than most. Their powers are two sides of one coin; he, the summoner of darkness, and she, the bringer of light. They are bound by her collar, and bound too by the scar his nichevo'ya had left on her shoulder. He's always been able to find a way to deepen their bond.
His mistake had been in thinking all that ever did was bind her to him. He'd only realised after the fact that it also bound him to her. That had been unexpected, and worrisome. ]
The Unseelie Court is where they brought me. That makes so little difference. The only Court I care about is the one we left behind. This world is nothing to me.
It's already lost.