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Lady Linnea nodded "Could you kill him?"

"I don’t know," Geh that you ant to," Lady Linnea said

"Yes, but I don’t want to becoht I wish to shield you from that as well I don’t think you could handle it We’re very different, you know," Lady Linnea said "You are like the ice and snow that you love so , without bles beautiful"

Geout the good in people, and those who scorn you, you freeze with your eyes and words So, it’s a good thing I am your friend and coerous and deadly And Ge to save you," Lady Linnea said, her voice hard "It will not be tomorrow, or perhaps even this year, but I will free you I promise"

As Gemma studied Lady Linnea, she saw that the noble woman was serious Lady Linnea was a soldier at heart: dedicated, loyal, and willing to shed blood to ht This was a real vow Gemma could see it in the coldness of her eyes and the set of her chin Lady Linnea would kill for her, and Geht it likely she would succeed "I don’t want to force that burden on you," Gemma said

Lady Linnea smiled "You aren’t And it’s not like anyone will truly care Tor--some people will "

Ge inally estimated"

A pink blush heated Lady Linnea’s cheeks "That was before I knew hi--someone just needs to teach him about love"

"Will you be the one to do that, My Lady?"

"Goodness, no!" Lady Linnea snorted "I still want to see the world I want to observe Co General Severin and set eyes on the famed military of Erlauf I want to meet a female captain of Farset and perhaps even speak to an assassin frouild"

"Are you certain?"

"Toril can’t love someone like me, Gemma," Lady Linnea said "I’irls Like Princess Elise" Ge in Lady Linnea’s voice that the young woing by the pain in the last admission, it was unlikely the lady wanted to address her affection for the Verglas prince