He’s … good, you know? Deep in the core of him.” He breathed out, turned to me fully, his eyes dark with an understanding I didn’t want to see. An echo. A likeness. My pulse skipped. It was as if he had sensed every forbidden feeling I’d tucked away, every desire I’d smothered like a candle flame. “If heroes are born from tumultuous times, then he must be one of them. Perhaps very little from our kingdom will survive through the tides of history, but Fanli—I believe he will. Even hundreds or thousands of years from now, I believe they will remember him a hero.” “But heroes always have tragic
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