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“I wish you’d been there.� “You do?� Now she looked nothing but annoyed. “Of course I do. Who else would I rather have my back in a fight?� Nikolai struggled not to break out in song. “That may be the greatest compliment I’ve ever been paid. And I was once told I waltz like an angel by the lead dancer of the royal ballet.�
He was afraid to reach for her, but he did it anyway. He took her gloved hand in his. She didn’t pull away but folded into him like a flower closing its petals at nightfall. He wrapped his arm around her. Zoya seemed to hesitate, and then with a soft breath, she let herself lean against him. Zoya the deadly. Zoya the ferocious. The weight of her against him felt like a benediction. He had been strong for his country, his soldiers, his friends. It meant something different to be strong for her.
“Then you’ll be branches without blossoms,� he whispered against her hair. “And you let the rest of us be strong until the summer comes.�
