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    It would be a very gentlemanly thing to do, she thinks, to offer his jacket to a lady, but for the fact that it’s a muggy midsummer evening and no extra layer of warmth is needed.

     

    He’s not being a gentleman, she decides, as she follows him down to the canal where he’s untying one of those funny little boats. He probably just doesn’t want to be seen taking a moonlit stroll with a whore.

     

    After being rescued from the nightmare of the Menagerie, Inej gets to know her new companion over contract negotiation.

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  2. Public Bookmark 67

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    It’s news that Inej has waited years to hear, and yet it still comes as a surprise when she sees it in black and white, in a clipping from the Ketterdam Dagblad retrieved from a safe drop in Shriftport.

    The Menagerie Foreclosed Upon: Former West Stave Crown Jewel Reverts to Gemensbank After Loan Defaults.

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  3. Public Bookmark 15

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    “You may sneer at my role as a governess, but it shows nothing more than a man’s lack of imagination. No, indeed, I have loftier ambitions. I’m here today to speak to the royal family about bringing my considerable skills to their new Grisha. I was wasted on dirty whores and self-important merchers,” Heleen responds.

    “Mmmm.”

    That sound in Brekker’s raspy voice is cold enough to freeze ice. She expects him to respond angrily to her information, but he remains unnaturally unruffled with that unreadable, birdlike expression on his face.

    After several beats too long to be comfortable, he continues, “This must have been a relatively recent development if they haven’t figured you out yet. Oh well. It won’t be long. You’re not as subtle as you think you are.” And Heleen knows a threat when she hears one.

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    Heleen Van Houden has reinvented herself in Ravka, a phoenix burning away the peacock feathers of her old life. On the cusp of her crowning achievement, a royal appointment, she encounters the only two people who could douse her flames and bring her crashing to the ground. But why would the queen believe them over an upstanding citizen, such as herself? Impossible.

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    Wylan sucks in a breath, steeling himself and getting his order right in his head before opening the door. The sound of the door must have gotten Jesper’s attention, because he looks up from the machine behind the counter and waves.

    “Wylan! Hey, you're back,” he says, grinning at Wylan as if he truly is happy to see him. “Nina, look–” he taps her on the shoulder as Wylan walks over.

    Nina, who has just finished serving a customer, swats Jesper’s hand away lightly. “Yes, yes, I see him,” she says with an exasperated eyeroll, making eye contact with Wylan afterwards. She smiles at him. “Hey Wylan, what took you so long– I was stuck with only Jesper for conversation for like four days– it takes its toll on a person.”

    Wylan, laughing at Jesper’s feigned offence, responds. “I’m sure he’s lovely company to have.”

    “See! I am lovely.” he says to Nina, clearly proud of himself

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    found family six of crows, Wesper-centric because I'm evil for these two characters and I love emotionally beating up Wylan and then giving him lots of comfort. updates fairly regularly, a few times a week :)

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  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    “Is everything quite all right, Miss Ghafa?”

    “Yes, yes everything’s fine,” she replies. With a deep breath, she turns her gaze out to the window, her cool fingers ghosting her warm cheek. She feels, rather than sees, Brekker grow still. She even senses his hands folding over his can. He always cuts quite a foreboding image in his all-black ensembles, making students and staff shrink in his presence. Here though, in this empty room, he’s a very different kind of chilling. Inej can wrap herself as tight as she can, but it doesn’t stop the feeling of Brekker seeing past her defenses, right through to the humiliation swelling inside her chest.

    There’s a long, long pause, and then Brekker says quietly, “You don’t look fine.”

    inej and kaz have a chance encounter in a staff room

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