“Because a king maker would always choose the weaker man. The weaker the man, the easier he is to control.’ Damen” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“I miss you too,’ he said. ‘I’m jealous of Isander.’ ‘Isander’s a slave.’ ‘I was a slave.’ The moment ached. Laurent met… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“What?’ Damen was smiling. ‘You’re very,’ said Laurent, and then, flushing, ‘attractive.’ ‘Really,’ said Damen, in a rich, warm voice. ‘Yes,’ said… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“You will accompany me,’ said Laurent, ‘in lieu of a guard, and we leave at dusk. And that is as far as… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Damen was panting. He was aware of his own insistent weight, and Laurent beneath him, pushed forward onto his elbows. Damen dropped… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“A Veretian who treats honourably with an Akielon will be gutted with his own sword. It’s your countryman who taught me that.… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He wanted to be inside. He wanted to feel Laurent’s surrender shudder and give way, become total. He wanted no denying that… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“It was her mind, deliberate, calculating, that was the threat, regarding him from behind a pair of cool blue eyes. ‘Hello, Damen,’… — C.S. Pacat Psychology Copy Share Image
“Laurent,’ he said, and he was breaking apart. To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are… — C.S. Pacat Breaking apart Copy Share Image
“Nikandros came to stand beside him. ‘Jokaste is confined in a cell in the east wing. Do you have further orders?’ ‘Strip… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“In fact, the way Laurent’s men talked about their Prince now was not substantially different to the way that they had talked… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“And then there was a burst of activity from the lower gate, and a rider came into the courtyard: it was Laurent.… — C.S. Pacat Change Copy Share Image
“The extent to which she and Laurent resembled each other, in colouring, in their cool, intellectual lack of emotion, in the detachment… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Nikandros didn’t speak again. He just stared in silence, white as one who had been struck a blow. Then, as though one… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He pulled himself away and gave up his right wrist to Guerin. The collar with its latch had been a simple matter… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Damen said, ‘I made him a promise.’ ‘And when he learns who you are?’ said Jord. ‘When he learns that he is… — C.S. Pacat First time Copy Share Image
“Damen now knew the precise number of arrows Laurent needed to have trained on him in order to shut him up. It… — C.S. Pacat Damen Copy Share Image
“Laurent’s fair skin and blue eyes were a combination that was rare in Patras, rarer in Akielos, and a particular weakness of… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Damen let out a breath. Laurent, he realised suddenly, wasn’t playing them against one another. He was playing to Nikandros. There was… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Deliberately, he stepped forward, and clasped Laurent’s right shoulder. Nothing, for a moment. Damen tightened his grip, and ground in with his… — C.S. Pacat Time Copy Share Image
“But after a moment Laurent turned his eyes elsewhere, and then closed them, and they both made their way to sleep.” — C.S. Pacat Time Copy Share Image
“I told him I was a slave, and he pretended to believe me. I kissed him on the battlements. He had his… — C.S. Pacat Last night Copy Share Image
“He’s playing us against each other,’ said Nikandros. ‘This is calculated. He is trying to weaken you.’ Damen said, ‘I know. It’s… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Laurent had delivered all Damen had asked for, tied up neatly in a bow. All within the space of a day. If… — C.S. Pacat Productivity Copy Share Image
