“Why? Do you want to spar? We can keep it friendly," Damen said. "No," said Laurent.” — S.U. Pacat Friendship Copy Share Image
“You're so loyal to him. Why is that?" "I'm not a turncoat Akielon dog," said Aimeric.” — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Stop enjoying yourself," Damen murmured. "We're going to be killed, any minute." "Giant animal," said Laurent. "Stop it.” — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“We could try some other arrangement." "You're right: it should be me in front and you carrying the horse.” — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Damen to Jord about Laurent: 'He needs me,' said Damen. 'I don't care if you tell the world.” — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Auguste had fought with honour. He had been the one honourable man on a treacherous field.” — S.U. Pacat Honour Copy Share Image
“A golden prince was easy to love if you did not have to watch him picking wings off flies.” — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Damen had half expected a gaudy parade costume, but Laurent had always defined himself against the opulence of the court. And he… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Torveld favoured Laurent with another of those long, admiring looks that were starting to come with grating frequency. Damen frowned. Laurent was… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“That was their Prince for you, a twisty, vicious fiend who you should never, ever cross, unless you wanted your gullet handed… — S.U. Pacat Fiend Copy Share Image
“Enguerran looked up at Damen. The last time they had faced one another, Enguerran had been trying to bar Damen from Touars's… — S.U. Pacat Business Copy Share Image
“I lack," said Laurent, "the easy mannerisms that are usually shared with," you could see him pushing the words out, "a lover."… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Stay back, old man. It isn't your business. This is the Prince of Vere.' 'But---I only paid three coppers for him,' said… — S.U. Pacat Business Copy Share Image
“By this time, the camp was cleared, and the newly pitched tents looked like softly glowing globes, the light from lamps inside… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“She was intelligent, accomplished, beautiful. She was everything I could have asked for in a woman. But she was a king maker.… — S.U. Pacat Barbarian Copy Share Image
“Father, I can beat him, he'd said, and he'd ridden out and returned to a hero's welcome, to have his armour stripped… — S.U. Pacat Father Copy Share Image
“ To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are willing to give up. Never had he… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“I like writing that is restrained and invisible. I don't mean that I like things to be simple and easy to decode,… — S.U. Pacat Truth Copy Share Image
“I want you," said Damen. "You've had me," said Laurent. "Twice. I can still feel the . . . sensation of it."… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“The Regency,' said Laurent, addressing the troop, 'thought to take us outnumbered. It expected us to roll over without a fight.' Damen… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Let him come to Charcy, with his hithertos and his wherefores, and there he will find me, and with all the might… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“This," said Laurent, "is a little more—" It was a word of sharp points: "—intimate," he said, "than ice." "Too intimate?" Damen… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Even before Laurent had hit the ground, the man had drawn his sword. Damen was too far away. He was too far… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He didn't reprimand Damen. He didn't seem particularly displeased with barbaric behavior, as long as it was directed outward. Like a man… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Talik said, 'His contract with Lord Berenger ends soon. Ancel will seek a new contract, a high bidder. He wants money, status.… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He killed, his sword shearing, shield and horse a ram, pushing in, and further in, opening a space by force alone for… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“It was a kind of fire dance in which the stick was thrown and caught, and the flame, tossed and twirled, created… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“(Dorothy) Dunnett is the master of the invisible, particularly in her later books. Where is this tension coming from? Why is this… — S.U. Pacat Books Copy Share Image
“The next night, alone in the tent, Laurent said: 'As we draw closer to the border, I think it would be safer--more… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“The town was a series of dark shapes with edges picked out in moonlight; sloping rooves and gables, balconies and gutters met… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Nicaise had picked up a gilt three-pronged fork, but had paused before sampling the dish in order to speak. The fear he'd… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Damen's understanding of Laurent rearranged itself, in order that he might despise him more accurately.” — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
“Damianos," Touars said. "Princekiller." It was the last thing he said. Damen pulled the sword out. He took a step back.” — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“This is close quarters.’ ‘Close enough to see your eyelashes,’ said Damen.” — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“It’s not naive to trust your family.’ ‘I promise you, it is,’ said Laurent. ‘But I wonder, is it less naive than… — S.U. Pacat Family Copy Share Image
“Your inclination appears to be much as it was last night." Damen found himself saying, "You talk the same in bed," and… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“It was true; it was somehow not even a surprise, more like a truth that had grown for some time on the… — S.U. Pacat Captive-prince Copy Share Image
