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“He favored me with another patient look. “And how much experience do you have with swords and weapons in general?” “Um.” I glanced down…

— Julie Kagawa

“She was fast. I had to give her that. She had my weapon from my holster and her fingers wrapped around it before I…

— Grace Goodwin

“Even before I recognized him, I smiled politely. Well trained, I would have smiled so at my executioner.”

— Megan Whalen Turner

“Now, you fuckers," I said as I rolled my head around my shoulders and palmed some knives. "Let me introduce myself.”

— Jeaniene Frost

“Not bad for a ‘common soldier,’ hmm?” I quietly asked, then resheathed my katana and headed back toward the chapel. I could feel his…

— Chloe Neill

“Erin!” “Hmmm?” “I’m talking to you!” “At me.” She looped the sword around her hips and fastened the belt. “To me is when I…

— Michelle Sagara West

“As he says it, he pinches my arm, hard, on the fleshy inside just above my elbow.”

— Lauren Oliver

“Are you ready to die?” “No,” she whispered. “Then rise and take up your sword.”

— Annette Marie

“Han smiled, then, a bright, charming smile that lit up the room, more dangerous than any blade. All you ever needed was that smile,…

— Cinda Williams Chima

“How funny.” I say flatly. “and I was hoping for a battle of wits but you appear to be unarmed.” His laugh fills the…

— K. Larsen

“Then he strode toward me as if certain I was about to bolt and he must catch me before I did so.”

— Kate Elliott