“Just because you’ve never seen me cleaned up doesn’t mean I can’t lean deeply into the princess part of my piracy.” “Oh, can you now?” “Felicity Montague, if you saw me dressed for Eid in my blue-and-gold kaftan, you’d faint dead away. You’d propose marriage to me on the spot. And maybe my kisses aren’t magic for you, but of course I’d say yes, and I’d treat you right and we’d be very happy together. You could have your house and your books and your old dog, and I would have a ship and sail for years at a time and only stop by to see you on occasion, so you’d never grow tired of me.” “And
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