" What Malkar was doing-and I wanted to shriek and giggle and weep, all at once-was creating a spell that would allow him to use me in the same way that Cabaline wizards used their rings. It was a brilliantly evil parody of Cabaline magic; even if I’d had all my wits about me, even if hadn’t been still mind-numbed by phoenix, I didn’t think I would even have been able to find a place to start a counterspell. "
― Sarah Monette , Mélusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1)