The Prophecy Con (Rogues of the Republic, #2)
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“Oaths,” Kail said, “are for people who are wealthy enough to afford them.”
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“The world is a big place, and it’s got a lot of sharp edges for people to hurt themselves. It needs someone who will cheat a little bit to give the little people a chance. It needs trickery and sneakiness, and not for profit or to prove how smart you are, like Gedesar, but because you want people to end up happy.
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The night wind tore at her pale-green skirts and her auburn hair. The mountains rushed past her in a blur. Desidora let the power come. She landed in a crouch at the stairs leading up to the Temple of Butterflies, shattered stone blasting out like smoke around her. Her raven-black skirts and hair billowed out around her in a phantom wind, and her alabaster skin glowed like the moon. She rose, and looked upon the horde of zombies that roared and gurgled and lurched toward her. “Bitch, please,” said Desidora, priestess of Byn-kodar, and with a wave of her hand, tore away the magic that locked ...more
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The door to the inner sanctum swung open, and Shenziencis was there, her coils bearing her up to a tall man’s height. Her scales were glossy, forest green that shone like emeralds in the courtyard light.
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She's a serpent, so how'd she open that door?
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“You were bred to serve, Urujar,” Arikayurichi said, and Loch could hear the sneer in its voice. “You belong in the fields, tilling the soil to grow crops for the more important servants.” It lunged in, and Loch blocked one blow, slapped aside another, and then rolled away from its furious onslaught. “Oh, no,” she called back, “not racism. How will I ever keep my feelings in check from that?”
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Veiled Lightning touched Gentle Thunder’s body. “He never had to impress me,” she said quietly. “Pity you didn’t tell him that when you were alive,”
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She is alive, are you lolo?