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“Everything in this world is magic. Thank you ever so kindly for stating the obvious.”
“Be grateful I consider you a worthy accessory.”
“Something is coming,” she whispered. “And I am to greet it.”
Honestly, she sometimes wondered if there was something a bit wrong with her for being able to cry so easily.
So Dorian closed his eyes, and took another long breath. And when he opened his eyes, he let her go.
Ten years, so I could come here to sing the songs of magic that you tried to wipe out. So I could sing those songs, and you would know that we are still here—that you may outlaw magic, that you may slaughter thousands, but we who keep the old ways still remember.”
You must learn to ask the right questions before you can receive the right answers.”
“I’m a door knocker; it’s not in my nature to make promises.”
“You have power in you, Prince. More power than you realize.” She touched his chest, tracing a symbol there, too, and some of the court ladies gasped. But Nehemia’s eyes were locked on his. “It sleeps,” she whispered, tapping his heart. “In here. When the time comes, when it awakens, do not be afraid.” She removed her hand and gave him a sad smile. “When it is time, I will help you.”
And why, when she had said them, something ancient and slumbering deep inside of him had opened an eye.
Everyone sounded the same when they died.
“For you, I’d say that chocolate cake is most definitely a need.”
But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.
Silently, she began to recite the names of her dead. And as the overseer raised his whip, she added her name to the end of that list and swung her ax into his gut.
It was war upon them all. Let them tremble in fear at what they had awoken.
It is only with the eye that one can see rightly.
And isn’t the journey more important than the end?” “No,” she spat.
“Nameless is my price,” Yellowlegs said. “But gold will do for now.”
