It’s something that she comes to accept little by little every day, the way Aleksander loves her, the way he wants all of her, even the parts she has pretended had not been there, the dark as much as the light. She smiles at him, truly smiles, as they are crowned together in the Palace, as they sit on twin thrones and shared a bed and a home, as she embraces her own happiness and wants and desires. Little by little, for the first time, Alina learns to love all of herself as well.