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- That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.
- From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule," he whispered. "That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves…
- I'll be your minister--" "Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind." "I would never steal from you," he'd said hotly. "Oh? Where is my tourmaline…
- Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned.
- She met the magus's stunned look with a smile. "The Thieves of Eddis have always been uncomfortable allies to the throne, Magus. There is the…
- I am an ambassador," Akretenesh warned me, anger bringing his confidence back. "You cannot shoot." "I don't mean to," I reassured him, still smiling. I…
- I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It was disconcerting to…
- The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was the same view.…
- Costis followed, telling himself that it wasn't true that he and the king and even the stone under their feet were nothing but tissue, transparently…
- No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the…
- The queen had passed him, so close he'd felt the stir of air, and he guessed that if she had turned her head, only a…
- He loves me, and I reward his love by forcing on him something he hates. In the evening, after we dance, he rarely returns to…
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