shirewalker: Nikolina Appreciation Week 2021 ♛ Day 5: Favourite quoteNikolai leaned back on the rail

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Nikolina Appreciation Week 2021 ♛ Day 5:Favourite quote

Nikolai leaned back on the railing and studied the balloon tethered above us. At first, I’d assumed it was canvas, but now I thought it might be silk coated with rubber. “Alina…,” he began. I was so unused to seeing Nikolai ill at ease that it took me a moment to realize he was struggling for words. “Alina, the night the palace was attacked, I did come back.”

Was that what was worrying him? That I thought he’d abandoned me? “I never doubted it.”