“I need a sword first," I said. "People here keep taking mine.” — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Don't make this a fight." "I won't, but you make everything a fight.” — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“I'm still a king. My title isn't determined by my crown; it's in my blood.” — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“With a grin, I told her, "I'll have more than ten minutes' notice that this battle is coming. In that way, this… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Nobody gives you respect in this life. You must take it, you must earn it, and then you must hold it sacred,… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“I follow my orders without question, as a good soldier would. You ask the same from your soldiers.' 'No, I ask them… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Avenia thinks they're battling a king. I doubt they're prepared to fight a boy who thinks childish pranks are practical strategies for… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Erick had underestimated the distance, both to the ground and the cliff above me, yet the texture of the cliff wall was… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“You made the right choice," Roden whispered. "Though you did choose his name rather quickly. "He has a skinny neck. He'd have… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Kippenger suppressed a grin -- I could've sworn he did. Without looking at anyone, he said, "Jargon wrote, 'You'll get nothing from… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“And I want you to find something in the hills for the vigils to protect, like a rock or a thornbush. I… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Villains and plots and enemies are simple things to me. But friendships are complicated, and love is harder still. It has wounded… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Is it true?" Devlin asked me. "You're Prince Jaron?" "KING Jaron, actually. News must travel slower amongst the illiterate." I glared at… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Kneel, please," Connor said. "I wish to study you better." Come as close to me as you'd like," I answered. "Study me here, on… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“I need a sword first," I said. "People here keep taking mine.” — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“No offense, Jaron, but I don't want your life. Even locked away behind closed doors I got a taste for how awful it can… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“I thought you were from a civilized country," he said. "How have you come to look more like Carthya's whipping boy than its king?"… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar." My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“This is for you." i pressed the stone in Kerwyn's hand. Kerwyn turned it over in his hands, unimpressed. "imatator's gold? It's worthless." "No,… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“As part of the grand joke that had become my life, the gods had given me a master with the wit of a withered… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“How is it that you can see your enemies so clearly and never your friends?” — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“It would take entire lifetimes for the men of Carthya to deserve their women.” — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
