The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1) QUOTES

2 " Betrayal has a funny way of turning your world upside-down. As familiar as I had already been with it by that point, it still amazed me how far I could stretch that moment of denial. The thought of what had been—of what could yet be—persisted. Perhaps it is not the same for most people. Perhaps, when you love less, it is easier not to let the emptiness become a cavern from which you could no longer see the sun. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

4 " I found it hard to believe that Rai used his charm to pull off such a feat—the man was about as charismatic as the bottom of a chamber pot. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

6 " They called me “bitch”, the she-wolf, because I murdered a man and made my husband leave the night before they crowned me. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

8 " I sat on one of the sofas, pretending I wasn’t disconcerted by the music, which paused long enough for a new, more sorrowful tune to play out. I twiddled my thumbs. I stared at the fish and named it “Sparky. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

10 " One time, over half of my warlords refused to attend a summit because I had failed to properly address them by the decorative titles my father had doled out like candy after the war: Minister of Horses, Master of Archery, Commissioner of Arts. Titles that had no weight in the council, because to be part of the council one actually needed to do some work. The warlords didn’t even have the decency to inform me they felt slighted. If I had known they would throw such massive sulks beforehand, I would’ve gone and made up extra titles just to please them. I’ve always wanted to use Secretary of the Dung Heap. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

12 " Five years of regret has a funny way of fermenting inside someone—like wine, it had only gained potency over the years. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

14 " None of it mattered. My duties were far from over. A wolf of Oren-yaro fights to make it right, down to the last breath. A wolf of Oren-yaro does not beg. A wolf of Oren-yaro suffers in silence "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

16 " Deep inside, we're just people. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

18 " I think," Khine said gently, "that it's no longer up to you. You can't honestly think you can control everything your warlords and their lords do. Even now, it's clear that they're moving on their own, queen's approval be damned. The fate of your nation is out of your hands."

"Such comfort," I drawled.

He smirked. "The truth, nothing more. You make it seem as if this whole thing hinged on you maintaining this marriage. You never considered the snakes around you? That perhaps you actually succeeded against all odds? How many betrothals fall apart within the year? Yet as much as your clans hated each other, you tried to make it work. You fulfilled your duties. You bore them an heir. Twenty-six years, you kept this thing at bay. Now that the inevitable unrest has arrived, why should you blame only yourself? What about the man who was supposed to shoulder half this burden? "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)

20 " We see marriage as the final step. Until we can fully commit ourselves to our duties, we don't marry. "

― K.S. Villoso , The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)