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“Lilies, I rule, heads, you do," he [the King] said, and threw the coin into the air.
"Lilies, you rule, heads, you throw again," said Attolia.
The coin dropped. Eugenides looked at it and then showed it to her. "No need," he said. The coin sat in his palm, obverse, showing the lilies of Attolia. He flipped it again and again and again. Each time it landed showing the lilies.
...
(Relius)
He wanted to dismiss the coin toss as slight of hand. Any circus performer could control the drop of a coin, but he'd been puzzled. The queen had been undismayed; she had seemed almost vindicated in her manner. It had been the King who was more disturbed with each toss of the coin. He'd looked almost sick, Relius thought, by the time he put the coin away.
...
Walking away along the arcade that lay perpendicular to the one where Relius lurked, the king pulled the coin from his pocket. He looked at the gold stater in sudden disgust and pitched it hard between the columns of the arcade into the shrubbery.”
― The King of Attolia
"Lilies, you rule, heads, you throw again," said Attolia.
The coin dropped. Eugenides looked at it and then showed it to her. "No need," he said. The coin sat in his palm, obverse, showing the lilies of Attolia. He flipped it again and again and again. Each time it landed showing the lilies.
...
(Relius)
He wanted to dismiss the coin toss as slight of hand. Any circus performer could control the drop of a coin, but he'd been puzzled. The queen had been undismayed; she had seemed almost vindicated in her manner. It had been the King who was more disturbed with each toss of the coin. He'd looked almost sick, Relius thought, by the time he put the coin away.
...
Walking away along the arcade that lay perpendicular to the one where Relius lurked, the king pulled the coin from his pocket. He looked at the gold stater in sudden disgust and pitched it hard between the columns of the arcade into the shrubbery.”
― The King of Attolia
“I hate you."
"Only because of the way I make you feel."
My fingernails eat into my palms. "Only because you bring out the worst in me."
"Oh no, luv. I bring out the life in you.”
― Splintered
"Only because of the way I make you feel."
My fingernails eat into my palms. "Only because you bring out the worst in me."
"Oh no, luv. I bring out the life in you.”
― Splintered
“Stay with me,â€� said Kell. “Stay with me. Rhy. Listen to my voice.â€� “Such a nice voice,â€� said Rhy quietly, his head lolling forward. “Rhy.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
― A Darker Shade of Magic
“What makes a story a fairytale is the ending.”
― Someone Else's Fairytale
― Someone Else's Fairytale
“Kell had told his brother about the deals he struck in Grey London, and in White, and even on occasion in Red, about the various things he’d smuggled, and Rhy had stared at him, and listened, and when he spoke, it wasn’t to lecture Kell on all the ways it was wrong, or illegal. It was to ask why.
“I don’t know,� said Kell, and it had been the truth.
Rhy had sat up, eyes bleary from drink. “Have we not provided?� he’d asked, visibly upset. “Is there anything you want for?�
“No,� Kell had answered, and that had been a truth and a lie at the same time.
“Are you not loved?� whispered Rhy. “Are you not welcomed as family?�
“But I’m not family, Rhy,� Kell had said. “I’m not truly a Maresh, for all that the king and queen have offered me that name. I feel more like a possession than a prince.�
At that, Rhy had punched him in the face.
For a week after, Kell had two black eyes instead of one, and he’d never spoken like that again, but the damage was done.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
“I don’t know,� said Kell, and it had been the truth.
Rhy had sat up, eyes bleary from drink. “Have we not provided?� he’d asked, visibly upset. “Is there anything you want for?�
“No,� Kell had answered, and that had been a truth and a lie at the same time.
“Are you not loved?� whispered Rhy. “Are you not welcomed as family?�
“But I’m not family, Rhy,� Kell had said. “I’m not truly a Maresh, for all that the king and queen have offered me that name. I feel more like a possession than a prince.�
At that, Rhy had punched him in the face.
For a week after, Kell had two black eyes instead of one, and he’d never spoken like that again, but the damage was done.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
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