Stalking Darkness (Nightrunner, #2)

by Lynn Flewelling

“All books are valuable. Some are dangerous.” “Books of spells, you mean?” Seregil grinned. “Those, too, but I was thinking more of ideas. Those can be far more dangerous than any magic.”

“You always have a choice. Don’t ever imagine you don’t. Whatever you do, it’s a decision and you have to accept responsibility for it. That’s when honor becomes more than empty words.”

Rose meant women for men, he knew, and white was women for women; amber meant a house for women, too, but the prostitutes there were male. Most enigmatic of all, however, was the green lantern, signifying male companions for male patrons. Worse yet, some houses showed several colors at once.

Fascinated and confused, Alec felt the first hesitant stirring of feelings he was not prepared to associate with his friend and teacher.