"Did not balk" (has CC and tog spoilers)
Elriel
>But Elain did not balk from him, did not shy away as she nodded—just once. Azriel, graceful as any courtier, offered her an arm. I couldn’t tell if she was looking at his blue Siphon or at his scarred skin beneath as she breathed, “Beautiful.”
Feysand
>I didn’t balk from that violet stare.
Nessian
>Tears streaming down his beautiful, perfect face. She didn’t balk from it, letting him see her like this: her most raw, most base self. He’d always seen all of her, anyway.
Aelin and Rowan
>Aelin didn’t hesitate, yet her strokes remained steady as she swam for him. She didn’t balk at the hand he extended, and he wrapped his cloak around her while the boat ambled past.
Elide and Lorcan
>Her gaze lifted to his. “I made you a promise.” “So you said.” Was that a hint of color stealing across her pale cheeks? But she didn't balk. “You said some interesting things, too.”
Manon and Dorian
>The weight of Manon's gaze fell upon him again, and Dorian didn't balk from it. Didn't balk from Manon's words as she said, "If you find so little value in your existence that it compels you to trust this thing, then by all means, bring her along."
Yrene and Chaol
>She peered over her shoulder, those golden eyes sizing him up. He didn't balk, even as the still-shredded thing in his chest seemed to twist and rend itself further.
Daybright and Night
>He rubbed his neck, his shoulder. "What do you think makes a good leader?" The question was ridiculous - an essay for a second-grader. But after all that had gone down... She didn't balk. "Someone who listens.."
Bryce and Hunt
>But Bryce didn't balk from the knee-wobbling power surging around Athalar. Like she saw all of him and welcomed it into her heart.
Meanwhile, elucien:
>Cassian’s heart strained at the pain etching deep into Lucien’s face as he tried to hide his disappointment and longing. Elain only shrank further into herself, no trace of that newfound boldness to be seen.