Royce turned to Hadrian. It’s supposed to make them look tough, but all it really does is make it easy to identify them as thieves for the rest of their lives. Painting a red hand on everyone is prett...
If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitate toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary r...
I hope you’re planning on heading to the kitchens. I’m starved—practically eating my fingers here. He chuckled.
Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you.Who are you quoting now?No one, Myron said. I learned that one first hand.
Hadrian was disappointed that she never came to his room, and he, in turn, never visited hers.
Hadrian walked over to where the boys were fighting and sat on the grass near Denek to watch. Denek, who was only twelve years old, glanced at him curiously. Who are you?My name is Hadrian, he replied...
Hadrian reeked of death. It wasn’t the sort of stench others could smell or that water could wash, but it lingered on him like sweat-saturated pores after a long night of drinking.
Good afternoon, Hadrian offered, but no one replied. No one smiled.Some whispered in the shelter of doorways. Mothers pulled children inside and men picked up pitchforks or axes.This is where you grew...
Ellis Rogers, no one would ever demand compensation to keep people alive. You make us sound like monsters, as if people wouldn’t help others unless they got something out of it.
Don't you see? She addressed the entire room. We either fight here and win, or die trying, because there won't be anything left if we fail. This is the moment. This is the crucial point where the futu...
City of PercepliquisEver sought, forever missedPick and shovel, dig and haulSearch forever, fall the wall. Gala halted, city’s doomSpring warmth chilled with dust and gloomDarkness sealed, blankets a...
Can I tell the ladies you’ll be visiting? Dixon looked back at the cart as if it were a dead body. If you got some rope, I could clear that chimney for you. I could get some rope. Don’t buy it. Borrow...
Arcadius was nothing but an old hack, what Cenzars used to refer to as a faquin, an elven term for the most inept magician—knowledge without talent.
Any chance he’s turned a new leaf and taken up sailing for real?About as likely as me doing it.Hadrian eyed Royce for a heartbeat. I put him at the top of the list.
And sure, you’re as skittish as a bloodsucking mosquito, but if you planned on running, why not tell me?
Alric! Stop it! Pickering snapped at him. You mustn’t let the men see you crying! Fury flared in Alric, and he spun on the count. No? No? Look at them! They are dying for me. They are dying on my orde...
Hadrian Blackwater while poisoned) Gill the fish...rest is best...time is now...it feels so good to...
You’re a bastard, you know that? Being an orphan, I have no idea, but you might be right. Now, can we eat?
You’ll get paid. I’ll have my uncle set the money aside. You can pick it up at the castle.I hope you don’t mind if we wait a few days, just to make sure.Of course not. The prince nodded.And if we send...
You sound drunk.I feel drunk-and I hate being drunk. Nothing works the way it’s supposed to. And it makes me act stupid … like you.