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I'm not lying. I wouldn't have given him my lighter if I didn't like him.

[of course it isn't about pride here. alicent isn't so foolish and nearsighted as to let a concept so petty be her main focus. i didn't know her doesn't seem like the right answer here, even if it's what he would have said in the past, brushed off as mere collateral damage.]

Of course not.

I made a judgment call - and I was wrong. There's no point making excuses when that's all they'd be. I should have trusted you - your family, everyone else with my secret. Embry's, really.

I am sorry.

It won't happen again.

[unapparent]

[ when has any man ever acknowledged their mistakes and apologised? her father wouldn’t dare, her sons know such an admission to be weakness incarnate, and her councillors think themselves wiser than her, with her foolish heart.

it takes her a long moment to reply. ]

I want to believe you.

[ stupid girl that she is. no, she mustn’t trust him until he proves himself again. the damage done is too great. she can still feel the raised ridge of alina’s scar under her hand. how cruel it is to think yourself strong — a queen, a saint — and have a man ruin you for his pleasure. ]

Keep safe, Hawkins, for Tim’s sake.