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Though death awaited her, she did not fear it. What was it but another form of freedom?
people loved to blame, and that like all negativity, blame festered and rotted the good away.
‘Everyone’s allowed a free pass every now and then. Key is not to get stuck. Guests don’t stay long at a pity party.’
‘Nobody asks for anything. You get what you’re given in this life,’
its sky as vast and awe-inspiring as the ocean. Its immensity was overwhelming, forcing Bleak to realise how small a piece she was in this giant game.
Valians never left a woman defenceless at the hands of a man, and they did everything within their power to quell that sense of entitlement. That was the Valian Way.
She allowed herself a single sigh, knowing that now she was home, the real work, the real struggle, would truly begin.
‘The past has a way of showing us the right path. Inevitably, the same mistakes were made once before, and to know this is great power.’
‘A good soldier does what he’s commanded. A great soldier understands why first.’
‘I think the princess is already fighting, love. In her own way.’
Closeness. It was overrated and generally brought her nothing but trouble.
He couldn’t understand how a princess of the realm could have so little power over herself and her own fate. He thought the whole point of being a royal was that you could do what you wanted.
She followed his gaze up to the millions of glittering stars. They winked at her, as though laughing at all her predicaments and the triviality of mortal life.
A hot meal could always help lift damp spirits.
‘It’s easy enough to take a life. The hard part is living with it afterwards.’
That’s the thing about lies, Dash – once there is one of them, you usually find more.’
No one deserved to feel unsafe in their own skin for someone else’s pleasure.
She had always thought that if you wanted to get to know a place, you should take to its slums, not its jewellery quarter.
They were pawns in a much larger game, biding their time perhaps, until the day they sat in the players’ seats.
She’d rather die with salt water in her lungs and mist in her heart. She was free.
