She battered her eyelashes and readjusted her shackles as though they were lace gloves...
He found her beautiful, if a bit strange and sour. It was something in the way that her eyes sparked when she looked at something lovely in the landscape. He couldn't understand it.
And far away, across the snow-covered mountains, on a barren plain before the ruins of a once-great city, a flower began to bloom
Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze.She loosed a shuddering breath, and a small, whimpering noise came out of her - a sob. And then she was sprinting down the alley, flying as though...
There was a thing waiting in the darkness, and he could not bring himself to fight it for much longer.
We are the masters of our own fates - we decide how we go forward.
There was a thing waiting in the darkness.It was ancient, and cruel, and paced in the shadows...
It was a voice she had heard before, deep and raspy. It made her bones crack and splinter, made her feel the astonishing cold of a winter long since passed.
Her heart was raw and trembling, and the darkness faded.
Arobynn told me that second place was just a nice title for the first loser
Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them.
I heard a story, Aedion drawled to Rowan, that you killed an enemy warlord using a table. Please,Aelin said. Who the hell told you that?Quinn-your uncle's Captain of the Guard. He was an admirer of Pr...
He had leapt from the cliff. He could only wait for the net.
I name you Elentiya. She kissed the assassin's brow. I give you this name to use with honour, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, 'Spirit That Could Not Be Broken.
He was done with politics and intrigue. He loved her, and no empire, no king, and no earthly fear would keep him from her. No, if they tried to take her from him, he'd rip the world apart with his bar...
She brought her mouth close to his ear. My name is Celaena Sardothien, she whispered. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what yo...
Nor had she missed when they zigzagged between levels, even though the building was a standard grid of hallways and stairwells. As if she'd lose her bearings that easily.She might have been insulted i...