Wake up, buddy, Royce whispered, nudging him. Hadrian was damp with sweat.About time you got here. I was starting to think you ran off and left me.I considered it, but the thought of Magnus as my best...
We only know colors by relationships. Your father likely pointed to hundreds of objects whose only common feature was the color, and eventually you understood that the commonality of color equaled the...
Well, do you still make that marvelous wine? The pale red one, with a hint of nuts? I’ve boasted about it all the way here.There was a vineyard once, up on the slope of the Horn Ridge, Persephone said...
Were you really that powerful before? Esrahaddon showed him a wicked smile. Oh, my dear boy, you couldn’t begin to imagine.
We’re not in trouble, Hadrian said. The truth is, we’ve done nothing wrong.Royce closed his eyes and shook his head. By Mar, the way you think. It’s . . . it’s . . . I honestly don’t know if there’s a...
What do you— Hadrian shook his head. You knew? I can’t believe you didn’t say anything. You just let her take our horses and all our gear?What part of ‘you need to learn a lesson’ didn’t you understan...
What is it? Hadrian asked.Fighting, he replied at last.Fighting? Who? Hadrian asked.I can’t hear the color of their uniforms. Royce smirked. Soldiers, though. I hear swords on armor.
What is your name? Finally decided to ask, eh? Hadrian chuckled. I will need to know if I am going to book you passage. I can take care of that myself. Assuming, of course, you are actually taking me...
What was that all about? Royce asked. Hadrian shrugged, but Royce looked unconvinced. You were here for what—five years? Anything happen? Anything you want to share?Sure, he replied with a sarcastic g...
What? Ann asked.I didn’t say anything.I know. You’re just standing there staring. What are you thinking?I was wondering if you loved me.She smiled at the mirror, the magical world between the two swan...
When I was stuck in Colnora during the siege, your old friends helped get me out.The Diamond?Hadrian nodded. Price arranged for me to slip away one night in exchange for delivering the letter. He pref...
When something sounds like a giant vomiting up a dwarf, you should not expect sunshine and daisies.
When you expect nothing from the world—not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe—everything is a wonder and every moment a gift.
Alric looked at Reuben. Is he telling the truth? I can have him ripped apart by dogs, you know. I love dogs. We use them to hunt, but they aren’t allowed to actually take down or eat their quarry. Alw...
Alric looked up at the thief with a scowl. I just want to say for the record that as far as royal protectors go, you’re not very good. It’s my first day, Royce replied dryly.
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...
Because power doesn’t equal worth, Arion said. She stepped through the lodge door, walking slowly and favoring her left side. Wisdom, the sort that your grandmother Fenelyus employed, is a far greater...
By the way, Payne is spelled with a y and an e—not with an i, he told them, coming to a stop before a rickety shack slapped together from warped boards and cracked stones, perhaps the only building in...
By the way, Hadrian began, what was the real reason you didn’t tell me? Huh? A bit ago you said— Oh. Royce continued to study the walls. He seemed a little too preoccupied by them. Just as Hadrian was...
Hadrian took the opportunity to move over and join Royce, who sat with his back to the hearth and his sight on the windows. I’d say you’re being awfully quiet, but then I might as well follow with ‘Oh...
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