Naomi Novik Quote
Did the tsar refuse to marry you? I asked. I thought the duke might have been angry with her if he had: he hadn't seemed like a man to be satisfied if his plans went awry.No, she said. I am tsarina. For as long as I live. She said it dryly, as if she didn't expect that to last long. The tsar is a black sorcerer. He is possessed by a demon of flame that wants to devour me.I laughed; I couldn't help it. It wasn't mirth, it was bitterness. So the fairy silver brought you a monster of fire for a husband, and me a monster of ice. We should put them in a room together and let them make us both widows.
Naomi Novik
Did the tsar refuse to marry you? I asked. I thought the duke might have been angry with her if he had: he hadn't seemed like a man to be satisfied if his plans went awry.No, she said. I am tsarina. For as long as I live. She said it dryly, as if she didn't expect that to last long. The tsar is a black sorcerer. He is possessed by a demon of flame that wants to devour me.I laughed; I couldn't help it. It wasn't mirth, it was bitterness. So the fairy silver brought you a monster of fire for a husband, and me a monster of ice. We should put them in a room together and let them make us both widows.