We'll find that place, then," he said quietly.
"What?" Her brows narrowed.
"I'll go with you." And though he hadn't asked, they both knew those words held a question. He tried not to think of what she'd said last night-of the shame she'd felt holding him when he was a son of Adarlan and she was a daughter of Terrasen.
"What about being Captain of the Guard?"
"Perhaps my duties aren't what I expected them to be." The king kept things from him; there were so many secrets, and perhaps he was little more than a puppet, part of the illusion that he was starting to see through …
"You love your country," she said. "I can't let you give all that up." He caught the glimmer of pain and hope in her eyes, and before he knew what he was doing, he'd closed the distance between them, one hand on her waist and the other on her shoulder.
"I would be the greatest fool in the world to let you go alone.
"What?" Her brows narrowed.
"I'll go with you." And though he hadn't asked, they both knew those words held a question. He tried not to think of what she'd said last night-of the shame she'd felt holding him when he was a son of Adarlan and she was a daughter of Terrasen.
"What about being Captain of the Guard?"
"Perhaps my duties aren't what I expected them to be." The king kept things from him; there were so many secrets, and perhaps he was little more than a puppet, part of the illusion that he was starting to see through …
"You love your country," she said. "I can't let you give all that up." He caught the glimmer of pain and hope in her eyes, and before he knew what he was doing, he'd closed the distance between them, one hand on her waist and the other on her shoulder.
"I would be the greatest fool in the world to let you go alone.
( Sarah J. Maas )
[ Crown of Midnight ]
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