Mother why does the River not riseIt is not the River's timeWhy does the seed not sproutIt is not the seed's timeWhy does the rain not fallthe leaf not unfurl itselfWhere is the hind and why does she...
Ornon said, I have seen him jump across atriums four stories above the ground, a distance that would make your blood freeze, and I heard him once confess that he sometimes thinks the distance is beyon...
The magus said thoughtfully, That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with the stories I told by the fire but I canno...
You learn something new everyday.What are you learning? Sophos asked.To keep my mouth shut, I hope.
Eddis looked around as if recalling a question that had nagged at her for several hours. Where's Eugenides? she asked.For a moment the Attolian queen was immobile, her smile gone as if it had never be...
What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger.
Kings don’t move mountains as a favor to a friend,
He could tell her he loved her. He ached to shout it out loud for the gods and everyone to hear. Little good it would do. Better to trust in the moon's promises than in the word of the Thief of Eddis....
The only thing I knew was that I didn't know anything, really, about the king of the Attolians, and I didn't trust him.
We do better when we are praised and worse when we feel unappreciated for our work.
The flat top of the hill was scattered with the bodies of dead men in the uniforms of Sounis and Eddis. The outposts of both armies had met here. As I stood staring, I thought, These are my dead. All...
One of us might be assassinated and then my heir will be king. Don't give up hope just because chances are slim.For the assassination or the heir, your majesty?
I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT!
She met the magus's stunned look with a smile. The Thieves of Eddis have always been uncomfortable allies to the throne, Magus. There is the niggling fear that if you fall out with a Thief, he might s...
I am very good at groveling.
We would have died without the additional men, he admitted matter-of-factly. But we would have taken the entire Mede army with us. Poets would have written about us, and songs would have been sung abo...
That won’t be necessary, said the magus coolly. No one would mistake you for anything but a tool, Gen. If a sword is well made, does the credit go to the blacksmith or to his hammer? How much smarter...
You have to believe him, because he's going to have your entire palace up in arms and your court in chaos and every member of it from the barons to the boot cleaners coming to you for his blood, and y...
Did you send Attolia to me at the farewell? Eddis asked.Not I, said Gen quietly. The magus. I thought you knew that you loved him - the two of you have been like magnets drawing ever nearer to each ot...
He looked gravely at the king. It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself. But no matter, Your Majesty. You...
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