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41 " She was ugly; she was beautiful, and she was his. "
― Grace Draven , Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1)
42 " If he managed not to lift her skirts while he did so, it would be a testament to his control. "
43 " Lover of thorns and holy gods! "
44 " If a simple genuflection of gratitude compromises my character and shames my house, then we are both less than shadow. "
45 " Woman of Day" he said slowly. "You mean everything to me." ... "Prince of Night... you've come back to me."- Grace Draven, Radiance, pp.271-272 "
46 " She made him strong; she made him weak, and in that moment, she nearly put him on his knees. "
47 " Theirs was an agreement based on the beginnings of friendship, respect and an intuitive understanding of each other that still left him slack-jawed with amazement. "
48 " enticing "
49 " Brishen forced down the wave of weakness that threatened to buckle his knees. He could finally see well enough to fight. He shouted to his men. “To the trees! Kill their mage! Kill their dogs! "
50 " You find me ugly, don’t you?”“Hideous,” he said. “A hag of a woman.”“And you,” he said. “You don’t think me a handsome man?”“Had you crawled out from under my bed when I was a child, I would have bludgeoned you to death with my father’s mace "
51 " They laughed together then until the woman’s features turned somber. “Thank you for not lying about what you thought of my appearance. You might have a face to turn my hair white, but your honesty is handsome. "
52 " In her rebuttal of the queen’s comments, Ildiko had been tempted to ask if Secmis might find it more comfortable if she were coiled around her throne instead of perched upon it. "
53 " She tried to kill my wife.” Djedor twirled a writing quill between his clawed fingers. “Is the Gauri girl still alive?” “Yes.” “Then Secmis didn’t try very hard. "
54 " We weren’t supposed to mean anything to anyone.” A slow, deep sigh escaped his lips, and his right eyelid opened, revealing a glowing, lamplight gaze. Brishen’s voice was hoarse from disuse but still clear. “Woman of day,” he said slowly. “You mean everything to me.” No amount of blinking this time held back Ildiko’s tears. They streamed down her cheeks to drip off her chin and onto Brishen’s shoulder. “Prince of night,” she said in a watery voice that echoed another moment when she’d greeted him with the same words. “You’ve come back to me. "
55 " You might have a face to turn my hair white, but your honesty is handsome. "
56 " Prince of night, you’ve come back to me "
57 " Serovek "