❛ he would not beg zoya to stay. it was not in his nature to plead with anyone , and that was not the pact they shared. they did not look to each other for comfort. 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. they kept each other strong. so he would not find another excuse to get her talking again. he would not tell her he was afraid to be left alone with the thing he might become , and he would not ask her to leave the lamp burning , a child’s bit of magic to ward off the dark. but he was relieved when she did it anyway. ❜ / independent 𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐯 & 𝐳𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐳𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲 written by sari & sara












