Lesley Livingston

“Evil really needs to step up its game.”

— Lesley Livingston

“sonny had circled three words in gold ink: i love thee.”

— Lesley Livingston

“You are what you are, no matter what you once were.”

— Lesley Livingston

“He whispered, "My Firecracker...”

— Lesley Livingston

“Love isn't blind. It's blinding.”

— Lesley Livingston

“Then she began to mutter to herself and gesture to the empty air. oh. Sonny sighed. Just another central park crazy.”

— Lesley Livingston

“But I also know that even a weed, cultivated with care, might eventually yield a wildflower.”

— Lesley Livingston

“A conversation with Mabh was like playing tag with a grizzly bear.”

— Lesley Livingston

“You can't choose someone else's destiny for them, Kelley. And you shouldn't let anyone choose yours.”

— Lesley Livingston

“You killed a tree?" "It tried to kill me first." "Perhaps you should tell me exactly what happened to you, Princess.”

— Lesley Livingston

“I swore to myself that I would never be like her, so imprisoned that I didn’t even need a collar to obey…

— Lesley Livingston

“why is there blue stuff on your face? i was partying with the smurfs. i wanted to fit in.”

— Lesley Livingston

“She felt his arms tighten around her, as they spiraled up, borne aloft on wings that were dark as the night, bright…

— Lesley Livingston

“My sister had laid the foundations upon which I’d built my skills as a warrior. And even if I’d never been made…

— Lesley Livingston

“couldn’t tell if he was serious or not. It was irritating, the way the Roman mind seemed to work. And the Roman…

— Lesley Livingston

“Great, Kelly thought, a knot of fear tightening her stomach. A mugger with a taste for Shakespeare. This could only happen in…

— Lesley Livingston

“He can't die! He's the bloody King of Winter." "Don't be absurd," said Bob, rolling an eye at the wounded Janus. "Just…

— Lesley Livingston

“Believe me, Kelley. If I’m not…it’s because I’m already dead.” He stroked her hair, and she could feel his breath warm on…

— Lesley Livingston

“Thalestris stepped forward to round up all the girls and send us back to the barracks for sleep. My feet followed the…

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“Don't ever say that, Fennrys," she said. "I don't ever want to hear you say that you don't deserve or you aren't…

— Lesley Livingston

“More water—rain or waves, I couldn’t tell—poured down into the hold from the hatch grate above our heads, and Elka and I…

— Lesley Livingston

“My daughter Fallon is the jewel of my house,” he continued, gesturing toward me. “She is of age now, as of this…

— Lesley Livingston

“But then he rolled his head toward me. His gray eyes flashed dangerously. “Today,” he said in a ragged voice. “Mael?” My…

— Lesley Livingston

“Just like that. It had been almost seven years since the legions left our shores, having declared the Island of the Mighty…

— Lesley Livingston

“He looked taken aback, but I didn’t care if I’d offended him. I was about to be sold. And if it amused…

— Lesley Livingston

“Behind Meriel, I saw that a group of the other ludus girls had gathered and were watching us. They were all laughing,…

— Lesley Livingston

“So here we were, racing at breakneck speed across the floor of the Forgotten Vale. Because at the break of dawn that…

— Lesley Livingston

“There's one thing I've learned about mortals. They're a lot more resilient and a whole bunch more resourceful than they usually give…

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“You're joking. You want to help me?" "We're brothers-in-arms, Sonny." Fennrys stood and paced restlessly. "And, truth is, I'm bored out of…

— Lesley Livingston

“My mouth kept dropping open, and I would choke on road dust as the city loomed ever closer. When I glanced over…

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“The next day, I hobbled out to the practice yard, where the throbbing, livid bruises on my legs and arms went glaringly…

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“My goal that morning was as simple as it was impossible: successfully execute a chariot maneuver called the Morrigan’s Flight, named after…

— Lesley Livingston

“One of the freeman with tattoos on his cheeks and red-rimmed eyes spat. “There is no resistance since Arviragus surrendered. The coward.”…

— Lesley Livingston

“the time I got back to my room, I had thoroughly envisioned every wretched scenario imaginable . . . only to find a new, neatly…

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“But as I looked up at him, I saw genuine worry in his eyes. I realized he really had thought I was…

— Lesley Livingston

“Let me give you a piece of advice,” she murmured. “Rome only exists because of slaves. That’s how it functions. We are…

— Lesley Livingston

“Well then, what’s the problem?” “It’s not honorable!” “Oh.” Elka snorted. “Is that all?” “All?” I gaped at her. “It’s everything!” She…

— Lesley Livingston

“My people were fiercely protective of our freedom. To be a freeman or freewoman was to have status in the tribe. Respect.”

— Lesley Livingston

“I would be the master of my own fate. Me and the goddess Morrigan. No one else—and certainly no man.”

— Lesley Livingston

“That hallmark image of cupid as a fat cherub with arrows? I think the real cupid is some kind of psycho juvie…

— Lesley Livingston