#ch 95

Something that I've seen nobody bring up and that is potentially cool in theory is that these two might be connected in a way; Julian got his powers from the god of the sea, so Lady Accursed could have gotten her gift from the god of the forest.

“Why did you kill that soldier? Was it because he saw something?” she asked again.

Que Shan ignored her, focusing instead on grabbing her hand.

“You didn’t betray the country. You’re with the Bingzhu Division, aren’t you?” she continued. “What’s your codename?”

Her words hit him like stones, stirring up a storm in his mind.

He couldn’t answer—he didn’t dare answer.

—He couldn’t let her keep asking questions.

That was the only thought in Que Shan’s mind.

Leaning forward, he silenced her with a kiss.

i love it so much. they're so drawn to each other even though they both know nothing is clear

she wants him to be the secret spy so bad, but he's determined to not give himself away, but also he wants her by his side sooo bad...

already she's given up on her freedom to stay and find out who he really is; already he's given up on sending her away to just keep her near for now

and thats just one part of the angst. the other being that between what he himself said on the mountain when he kinda left her to die and zhang yuehui's betrayal, she doesn't believe in love anymore