‘It’s hard for me not to worry about this, Em,’ he continued hastily, reading my expression. ‘Even if I misunderstood him for centuries, that still is a history of centuries, and hardly a pleasant one. I’ll try not to let that influence my behaviour too much, but it’ll be much easier to trust him if I can be sure you’re not quietly growing unhappy with your choices in the meantime. So humour me, please. Even if you’ll never need it, could you just promise me for my benefit?’ Gods help me. There really was no way to hold on to my annoyance when confronted with that look on his face, with that
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