Faels PovI did not return to the council chamber after my little chit chat with Seraphine.I did not return to the training yard either.I returned to my room.The door shut behind me with a finality that felt like judgment.For a long moment, I stood there, staring at nothing.Five minutes.She had almost given me five minutes.Mylor laughed inside my skull.‘Almost.’“Be silent,” I muttered.‘She almost softened,’ he pressed, in an amused way. ‘Did you see her eyes?’“I saw restraint.”‘You saw regret.’I crossed the room, poured wine into a goblet, and swallowed it in one motion. It burned down my throat and did nothing to calm me.“She doesn’t regret me,” I said.‘No,’ Mylor replied lazily. ‘She regrets what you could have been.’The goblet cracked slightly in my grip.Outside my window, the courtyard lights flickered.I could still see her in that corridor.Standing straight, stronger, colder and more beautiful than I remembered.No.Not colder.. Clearer.‘She glows now,’ Mylor
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