“Laurent entered, an edge to his grace, like a leopard with a headache, around whom one must tread very, very carefully. ‘Good… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“I don’t know. I don’t know why. I don’t know what I did to make him hate me as much as this.… — C.S. Pacat 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
“Dare you to make a run for it.’ He said nothing. He was not here to run. It was a strange feeling… — C.S. Pacat Strange feeling Copy Share Image
“Look, it's those flowers from that boring poem that you like,’ Ancel announced proudly. He stood in front of the spray of… — C.S. Pacat Flower Copy Share Image
“The dogsman said, 'Tread lightly. Your master's in a vicious mood.' Well, that was order restored.” — C.S. Pacat Animal Copy Share Image
“I see. You’re warning me again not to bed him?’ ‘No,’ said Nikandros. ‘I know you’re going to bed him. I’m saying… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“That was the last thing he said, because Damen hit him. He drove his fist into Laurent’s jaw with all the force… — C.S. Pacat Fist Copy Share Image
“Well? Attend me,’ said Laurent. ‘Attend,’ said Damen. The word sank into him. He felt as he had in the training arena… — C.S. Pacat Fitness Copy Share Image
“After a long moment Laurent said, with painful honesty, ‘I . . . find it difficult to let go of control.’ ‘No kidding,’ said Damen.… — 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
“He dismounted. ‘Are you here to kill me?’ said Jord. ‘No,’ said Damen. There was a silence. They stood two paces apart.… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“All right,' he heard Lazar say. He'd forgotten Lazar was there. After a long moment, he took his eyes off Laurent and… — C.S. Pacat Damen Copy Share Image
“I want you to know,' said Damen, carefully, 'that I haven't done anything to encourage the idea that I-that you and I-'… — C.S. Pacat Damen Copy Share Image
“Protect me,” said Damen, flat incredulity in his voice. “I am aware that you saved my life.” Damen just stared at him.… — C.S. Pacat Life Copy Share Image
“He knew that he was vulnerable to her in this state, that her expertise, like Laurent’s, was in finding weakness and pressing… — C.S. Pacat Heart Copy Share Image
“Here in Aegina, they say Damianos takes the Prince every night, but that it’s not seemly for a king to renounce his… — C.S. Pacat Every night Copy Share Image
“Wash me.” Damen had never performed a servile task in his life, but he supposed that this one would not overwhelm either… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Like a lie, cracking and dropping from him. He looked at the gleam of the gold where Guerin placed it, halved, on… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“A hiss of a rock, thrown. Nikandros came up off his knees, drawing his sword. Damen flung out a hand in a… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Instead of leaning in, Damen took Laurent’s hand, brought it towards himself, and kissed his palm, once. He had learned in the… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“I would have,’ said Damen, ‘if I’d had the chance to court you properly. If I’d come in state to your father.… — C.S. Pacat Parenting Copy Share Image
“When you kissed me,’ said Laurent, pushing the words out, ‘I liked it. When you took me in your mouth, it was… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Before he could, he felt Laurent’s fingers on the back of his neck, a shock of touch that caught him in a… — C.S. Pacat Shock Copy Share Image
“Laurent said, ‘If Jord wants to get down on his knees for Aimeric, he should know exactly who he’s crawling for.’ *” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“His escort arrived. It was six men, and one of them, already mounted, was Jord, who looked him right in the eye… — C.S. Pacat X men Copy Share Image
“What makes you think Kastor is the weaker man? You don't know him.' 'But I'm coming to know you,' said Laurent.” — C.S. Pacat Damen Copy Share Image
“By that time, Damen had received the tally of the dead: twelve hundred of us, six and a half thousand of them.… — C.S. Pacat Time Copy Share Image
“Damen said, 'Men, sometimes.' 'In the absence of women?' 'When I want them.' 'If I'd known that, I might have felt a… — C.S. Pacat Damen Copy Share Image
“He is a prize,” said Torveld warmly. “I’ll wager you never thought a prince could be jealous of a slave. Right now… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“With a clear moment of insight, Charls saw that Lamen was not a cloth merchant’s assistant. He was the prince’s private companion,… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He loved the way that Laurent kissed, as if Damen was the only person that he had ever kissed, or would ever… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He’ll know,’ Damen heard himself say. ‘When word of my return to Akielos reaches him. He’ll know. I wish you would tell… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“If he fails,' said Ancel. He was stepping into Berenger's space. He put his hand on the laces of Berenger's jacket, and… — C.S. Pacat Failure Copy Share Image
“I see you’ve thought of everything,’ said Damen, bitterly. ‘It didn’t have to be—you could have come to me, and asked for… — C.S. Pacat Family Copy Share Image
“I’ll stay,’ said Damen. ‘You know I’ll stay for as long as you—’ ‘Don’t,’ said Laurent. ‘Don’t lie to me. Not you.’… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He had to say again, ‘Do it.’ The darker-haired soldier stepped forward and Damen felt the grip take him. Laurent set his… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“There was only one way to stop what was about to happen, and that was to contain it; to lock it down,… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“But I won’t be unprepared. Pretty little Aimeric is going to give up everything he knows, and when I’ve wrung every last… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“There was a sound from the doorway. Damen turned to see Pallas in full uniform. ‘It’s the Lady Jokaste,’ said Pallas. ‘She’s… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
