When I did come to again, it was to the slow recognition of patterned movement. Next I realized that I was more or less upright, kept in place by the uncompromising grip of an arm. And at last I saw t...
We'll abduct Garian. Or Jason.And—?And dump them into the ocean. Nobody would ever pay a ransom for them.
There was no time to react, of course.My heart gave one great thump and scampered like the rat they’d called me as the gray rode on unchecked, followed by the remainder of the cavalcade.Ahead of me, t...
The Duke of Grumareth was always a fool and will always be a fool, Shevraeth said, so lightly it was hard to believe he wasn’t joking.
Some of it was wrong decisions made for the right reasons, and a little of it was right decisions made for the wrong reasons; but most of what I did was wrong decisions for the wrong reasons.
No, I don't think I could fall in love with him, handsome though he is, because I don't accept any of that huff he gives me about my great beauty and all that. I'd have to trust a man's words before I...
Maybe I'm no longer a dog, but I can still bite!
Marec was waiting in Shevraeth’s tiny room. Shevraeth shut the door, and Marec dropped down onto the bed, snickering hoarsely in an effort to keep from being overheard by the boys. You were terrifying...
I’d learned something, all right, about the power of attraction, and Nee was right, it was potent. But I’d also learned that the self might want one thing, but that didn’t mean it was right. Isn’t tha...
In between lessons she talked about her friends at Court: what they liked, or said, or how they entertained. Pleasant, easy talk, meant to show all her friends in the best light; she did not, I realiz...
If everywhere you go everyone watches you, and wants you, can you truly be yourself?
I looked around for the tunic so I could leave the room; not for worlds would I go out dressed thus into the midst of a lot of staring Renselaeus warriors. The terrible thought froze me for a moment,...
I had hoped, he said, that you would honor me with a few moments’ further discourse.About what? I demanded.I came here at your brother’s invitation. He spoke in a conversational tone, as though I’d be...
I feel stupid when people say ‘You? You are so brave,’ because I don’t feel brave, I don’t even know what brave is.
I expect we’ll receive an invitation for dinner from their Highnesses, at second-blue, which will serve as an informal welcome.I took a deep breath. All right. Until then we’re free? Let’s walk around...
Everyone is an idiot, I stated. Except me.
Didn’t Azmus say Galdran promised the Court our heads on poles after two days?So Debegri swore, Bran said, smiling a little.That means we’ve held out all these weeks despite the enormous odds against...
Before I ate or drank I had to find out who that rider was.I stepped into the common room, scanning the few people seated on cushions at the low, rough tables. They all had gray, brown, or blue cloaks...
At one end of the room was a group of young teens busy with swordplay, and at the other a swarm of children circled round on ancient carved horses mounted on cart wheels or played at stick-and-ball. I...
You might contemplate the purpose of a court… You brainless, twaddling idiot, I thought scornfully. I wished he were before me. I wished I could personally flout him and his busy searchers, and make h...