[ that he understands and that none would let her come to harm here. it's westeros, where she'll pay her dues. his sorrow for her lot still catches her off-guard, when so few have ever expressed it. ]
The drawing room on the second floor, in the west wing.
[ she doesn't want lestat to hear her erratic heartbeat or pathetic thoughts. ]
I should've done more for you, Alina, and Ash then. I'm sorry.
[ in that first, brutal round, she'd found jacaerys' killer for rhaenyra and sweet baela, as recompense for the child aemond stole from this world, but she ought to have done more. hounded tim for answers, when she first drew the parallel between embry and alina. reached out to ash. protected alina from harm. even after being forced to choose over and over again, alicent wishes she could shield them all. ]
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[ that he understands and that none would let her come to harm here. it's westeros, where she'll pay her dues. his sorrow for her lot still catches her off-guard, when so few have ever expressed it. ]
The drawing room on the second floor, in the west wing.
[ she doesn't want lestat to hear her erratic heartbeat or pathetic thoughts. ]
I should've done more for you, Alina, and Ash then. I'm sorry.
[ in that first, brutal round, she'd found jacaerys' killer for rhaenyra and sweet baela, as recompense for the child aemond stole from this world, but she ought to have done more. hounded tim for answers, when she first drew the parallel between embry and alina. reached out to ash. protected alina from harm. even after being forced to choose over and over again, alicent wishes she could shield them all. ]