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January 4 - February 23, 2024
Vasta Dhati, First Priest of the Sea of Knives.”
unsanctified.
All right, she thought bleakly. So he’s insane.
“Steel is as smoke to me.”
Sorry! You know how priests can be.
“you can use gold to buy ships.”
“It is the way that he thinks.”
“You know some interesting people.”
So young, Adare thought, staring at the girl, and already dying.
Please say I have not traded away a chance to save my son.
“Not dying is a good first step.”
A friend could put a blade in your back just as quickly as a foe, especially when the shit got thick.
“Anjin Serrata?”
This is not a risk you need to take.
What kind of man does this? What kind of man enjoys it? What have you become, Valyn hui’Malkeenian?
“Anjin Serrata,” he called out,
“Valyn,” the Flea said finally. “Newt said he smelled you. I didn’t believe him.”
but he was stronger now, and faster, so much faster.
I’ve seen what they can do. If you want to make peace, do as he says.”
“We’re going to have a tough time killing Balendin if none of your men can hold their blades.”
“You’re carrying a lot of weapons for someone who can’t see.”
the Aphorist
she flew a lot of missions into Manjari territory.
Past this last landing, there would be no room for mistakes.
off-balance,
It works, she reflected bleakly, provided you’re willing to burn through all normal human bonds.
You have to, Adare wanted to scream. You said you’d do it, and now you have to!
He won’t kill Sanlitun until he knows I’ve turned on him.…
“You will find I’m nothing like Kaden.”
The drugs, Adare realized. She’s drugged almost thoughtless.
The world was the way it was; some parts of it you could relax and enjoy; some parts you just had to kill.
“Hull’s Trial is voluntary,” he said quietly. “You can’t force someone to do it.”
“That was wrong,” Talal said.
matter-of-fact.
What else could we do?
This time there would be no hiding from the past.
“We’re all going to die one day.”
What I want is to know who you are, and why il Tornja needs you dead so badly.
And suddenly, Adare thought, I’m answering the questions rather than asking them.
You will let him do whatever he wants.
You will please him, and you will keep pleasing him. If you fail, then your mother dies.
In all Annur, I am the only one willing to help you.
So, Adare thought. Chalk up one point for the truth.
“It’s baffling. Half the time I don’t believe it’s even real.”
“Kaden betrayed Annur. He did everything he could to destroy it.
All of you scheming bastards are going to cut each other down,
What does my sister want? What is she trying to accomplish?
As Annick kept pointing out, some people just weren’t meant to be Kettral.
At this rate I’ll be able to attack some time around the middle of next month.
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