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    There are more ways to apologize than there are languages in the world, and more ways to forgive than to apologize. Some people only have one way.

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  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    Kaz Brekker stood at the edge of the rink in Museumplein and thought he’d made a terrible mistake.

    The ice stretched before him like a mirror for every insecurity he’d spent years pretending not to have. There were children spinning in bright scarves, couples gliding hand in hand, and the occasional reckless teenager who carved chaos into the surface with a laugh. And there he was—black coat, gloves, hair slightly damp from melting snow—looking, as Jesper had put it when they’d passed him earlier, like a man who came to audit the joy out of winter.

    He didn’t notice Inej until she tapped the toe of her skate against his boot.

    “Still thinking of making a run for it?” she asked. Her breath came out in small clouds, each one vanishing before it could drift between them.

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    Inej takes Kaz ice skating.

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    12 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 1

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    Natasha wonders if Clint actually trusts her.

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    11 Nov 2025

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  4. Public Bookmark 33

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    Imprisoned in the Red Hook dungeon, Frank realizes the prisoner on the other side of the wall from him is someone important.

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    “No,” the man snapped, slightly irritated. “I’m a lawyer. Franklin Nelson.”

    Frank’s body locked up, like a trigger half-pulled. Time seemed to stand still. He could feel every bead of sweat on his brow, the ache of the bruises on his ribs, the way the cuffs dug in too tight to the flesh of his wrists. Not a single one of his muscles moved. He was pretty sure his heart stopped beating as comprehension washed over him, violent, impossible knowing. His ears were ringing as if he’d just taken a blow to the head, every nerve sparking in disbelief.

    ---Karen---

    He shut his eyes and tears he hadn’t felt gathering ran down his cheeks.

    “. . . so do I just call you New Guy, for now?” Nelson prompted, when Frank did not reciprocate sharing his identity. “You don’t have to tell me your life story or anything, just thought we could get acquainted. Since we’re gonna be neighbors for a bit.”

    Frank fought through his stunned paralysis and made himself form words.

    “Son of a bitch,” he gasped out. “You’re. . . Foggy Nelson.”

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  5. Public Bookmark 3

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    It's a weighty thing, crossing from death to life.

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