“He told me, when I felt guilty, that lying to Philantha had been necessary for the good of the country. (I had told her that Aunt Varil had come down with a sudden, potentially dangerous illness, and that I felt… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“You really told them you wanted to marry me?” I asked. The smile had taken over his whole face now. “I told you before:… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I turned the page, but there was no more about the princess. Instead, it went on to an account of a merchant’s wife and… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“You can’t be just a scribe, or a wizard. Nameless God,” he cried, raking a hand through his hair. “I wish they had never… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“It had been different when I was the princess. Then I had looked at his flirtations with other girls and at least told myself… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“If I thought being kissed by Tyr had been what kissing was all about, I had been wrong. This kiss trampled Tyr's kiss, threw… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I had worried that he might think of me differently, once he learned about my new powers. That the thought of being accidentally roasted… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“He wouldn’t have forgotten. It might be too much the fear of losing me so much that he had withdrawn his heart to protect… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I love you, Sinda,” he said, not shakily but with certainty. “I have for--oh, years--before I even knew that I did. I loved you… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“The day they came to tell me, I was in one of the gardens with Kiernan, trying to decipher a three-hundred-year-old map of the… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
