I throw my hands in the air. “What’s so fun about growing up anyway? Besides, you’re grown up enough for the both of us.”

executing 6 months long plans to get into Kirill's office for documents she assumes might be there. What even is this plan?? She doesn't know what files she is searching for or if he is involved😭 She doesn't know anything at all!! What leads is she following to waste so much time?? He is an efficient captain for one, we love a smart man, and his dirty talk didn't leave me completely impartial either. Hearing "Solnyshko" falling from his lips... Mans knows his game, gotta hand it to him. 👄👄 The suspense, the brutality, the sensuality between Kirill and Sasha. The love of family that brought the story to an awesome conclusion. All of it was amazing. Are my eyes deceiving me? Is this written by Rina Kent? A slow burn??? I don’t think I’ve ever read a slow burn by her 😅😬. And the writing style had me questioning the name on the cover, but I decided to just trust the process. I mean, a Mulan retelling 😮‍💨- I was invested before I even started (I’ll never forgive Disney for not including my boo Captain Ali Shang in the live action!!! My teenage fantasies went down the drain 😑; I have yet to watch it 🤷🏻‍♀️). Now, I need to read more of these 👀. We know this timeline is YEARS before Rai finds out Sasha is a woman after they were kidnapped....I wonder how Kirill and her both keep working together if her uncle reveals Kirill was the reason her family died?

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Not everyone has perfect families. normalise having shitty attitudes towards shitty parents and not feeling obligated to them simply for existing. It's confirmed to him completely when they are forced to hide during a mission gone wrong. She explains she is a woman but is forced to live as a man for safety and who knew we needed a one bed trope for these two? And we got it! They both find each other attractive and obviously want one another.

Maksim and Sasha have a really good friendship. (Take that Aiden-Cole!) Kirill is so jealous of Maksim 😂. I loved the friendships Sasha made with a few of Kirill's close guards. They accept her as is and never think low of her. (They all believe she is a man) Kirill ran for one hour while carrying Sasha when she got shot. Kirill ran for one hour while carrying Sasha when she got shot.

Rina Kent's books happen in the same world, but with a slightly different timeline and therefore, many characters pop across different books. I really can’t remember a time he’s played something other than annoying board games with me. He says it’s to teach me critical thinking, but I honestly don’t see the point behind it.