" Oh, and I wasn’t going to ask if she minded if I went to a brothel. I was going to ask if you thought she’d like to come along.” “She’d mind that even more. I’m sure Akstyr would be fine with a celebratory pie.” Though now that she knew of Curi’s questionable allegiance, Amaranthe wouldn’t be shopping for sweets there. “Pie. Just when I think you know men fairly well, you say something like that. "
― Lindsay Buroker , Forged in Blood II (The Emperor's Edge, #7)