"Oh," she said, and marveled at her own wit. "I thought you preferred living women."

His mouth quirked. "I do." Finally he looked at her and set the wine aside. She took the invitation and sat beside him again. "Even ones half-starved and pale as you." He dropped a kiss on her shoulder, but his heart wasn't in it. "But--"

"But she's beautiful anyway," she finished. "Do mice find cats beautiful before the kill? Or owls?"

"If mice have poets, I think they must."/>

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" Azarné came to watch me play tonight," he said at last.

"Oh," she said, and marveled at her own wit. "I thought you preferred living women."

His mouth quirked. "I do." Finally he looked at her and set the wine aside. She took the invitation and sat beside him again. "Even ones half-starved and pale as you." He dropped a kiss on her shoulder, but his heart wasn't in it. "But--"

"But she's beautiful anyway," she finished. "Do mice find cats beautiful before the kill? Or owls?"

"If mice have poets, I think they must. "

― Amanda Downum , The Bone Palace (The Necromancer Chronicles, #2)

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Amanda Downum quote : Azarné came to watch me play tonight,
"Oh," she said, and marveled at her own wit. "I thought you preferred living women."

His mouth quirked. "I do." Finally he looked at her and set the wine aside. She took the invitation and sat beside him again. "Even ones half-starved and pale as you." He dropped a kiss on her shoulder, but his heart wasn't in it. "But--"

"But she's beautiful anyway," she finished. "Do mice find cats beautiful before the kill? Or owls?"

"If mice have poets, I think they must." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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