I began to recognize the trees, the rocks. There, I had stood with Rhys-- there, I had flirted with him. There, he had lounged atop a branch while waiting for me.
I ate in silence, listening to the rustle of his clothes being donned, trying to think of ice baths, of infected wounds, of toe fungus - anything but his naked body, so close ... and the bed I was sit...
I am going to destroy everything you love.
I am Celaena Sardothien,Adarlan's Assasin.If these men knew who i was,they'd stop laughing.I am Celaena Sardothien.I am going to win.I will not be afraid.
His wife. Gods above.He was over five hundred years old - and this... this girl, young woman, she-devil, whatever she was, had just bluffed and lied her way into a job. A sword-thrower indeed.
His throat bobbed. I missed you. Every second, every breath. Not just this, he said, shifting his hips for emphasis and dragging a groan from deep in my throat, but... talking to you. Laughing with yo...
His smile faded into something awed, something......reverent, and I reached out to cup his face in my hands-To find my skin glowing.Faintly, as if some inner light shone beneath my skin, leaking out i...
His pupils flared. Is there a reason you do that, Princess? Is there any reason not to?
His fingers tightened on mine, and I looked up. He was smiling at me. And looked so un-High-Lord-like with the glowing dust on the side of his face that I grinned back.I hadn’t even realized what I’d...
His eyes gleamed, and he buried his face between my breasts again, hands caressing my back. I love you, he breathed. More than life, more than my territory, more than my crown.
His eyes - those silver eyes that would probably haunt her for the rest of her life - were bright.No matter what I have done, I really do love you, Celaena.The word hit her like a stone to the head. H...
Her salary as King’s Champion was considerable, and Celaena spentevery last copper of it. Shoes, hats, tunics, dresses, jewelry, weapons,baubles for her hair, and books. Books and books and books. So...
Her clothes were dirty, but fine enough to mark her as a thief’s target. So she’d carefully examined her ale, sniffing and then sipping it before deeming it safe. She’d still have to find food at some...
He'd devoured the goat in two bites, then gone back to enjoying the wildflowers.
He saw her face each time he closed his eyes. She haunted his thoughts, made him wish to do grand and wonderful things in her name, made him want to be a man who deserved to wear a crown.
He ran a hand through his hair. What I have to be tomorrow, who I have to become, is not....it's not something I want you to see. How I will treat you, treat others....The mask of the High Lord, I sai...
Given all that had been done to her and all
Get up.
Get ready to unleash hell.
Gently, he pulled my hands away from my face. Gently, he took my cheeks in his hands and brushed away my tears. I didn’t care that we had an audience as I lifted my head and beheld the joy and concern...