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“I assure you that everything is alright. We are not in danger, it’s just…” he stopped and inclined his head a little, his gaze searching hers as he weighed something in his mind. “You know what? You can come with me if you wish so, and see with your own eyes what had me out of bed at this hour.”She narrowed her eyes suspiciously—there had to be a catch—, even though her belly felt like it had been filled with butterflies at thought of going somewhere with Aleksander, just the two of them. “Where are you planning on taking me?”There was definitely mischief in his eyes now. “I’m afraid you’ll have to come with me if you want to learn that,” he said, his voice just on the wrong side of smug.***An unexpected run-in with Aleksander in the hallways of the Little Palace in the middle of the night puts Alina slightly on edge. Thankfully, she has nothing to worry about--on the contrary, the night is about to turn out to be rather unforgetable.