-You know-- Eddis hesitated, not sure how far to push the Attolian Queen. -Go on. Attolia inclined her head. -I was going… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
You didn't know I could do that, did you?" he asked, conversationally. "I did not, Your Majesty," Teleus gasped. "My grandfather killed… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I have a whole guard room full of brawny veterans who'd enjoy a chance to drag two Eddisians out of here, particularly… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn't steal," Eddis said. "So?" "If it's impossible to steal them… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Your Majesty, you just-" Costis stopped. "Just what?" the king prompted wickedly. Nothing would induce Costis to say out loud that the king had… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I woke with a terrible headache and wobbled around 'till I fell out the window." "You what?" "Fell out the window. That one over… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“He looked at her and tilted his head very slightly in wonder. He had forgotten, as he always forgot, how beautiful she was. Her… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“Useless the Elder was looking at me in amusement. “Not exactly stalwart, are you?” he said.” — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“The magus said thoughtfully, "That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish," said Eugenides. "You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“It might have been preferable," Eddis admitted, dryly, "if you had thrown off your chains of bondage solely for love of me. It would… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image