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The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind.
“As beautiful as this world is, it’s just as dangerous. People who are not useful, people who make mistakes, they can be removed. You can be removed.”
I’m grateful for all the makeup. It’s my shield, between them and the truth of who I am. A truth I don’t even understand.
I must look happy. I must pretend.
The king is a liar.
watching but not seeing, hearing but not listening.
This world is Silver, but it is also gray. There is no black-and-white.
they will give up what little freedom they had left.
I thought being their puppet would be easy compared to everything else. I was so wrong. But I cannot let them break me, not now.
How heartless do you think I am?”
“I wish things were different.”
I don’t understand at all. I don’t belong here. Julian was right. This is a game I don’t understand, a game I don’t know how to play.
The truth doesn’t matter. It only matters what the people believe.
“I told you to hide your heart once. You should have listened.”
Despite all he’s done to me, my name in his mouth makes me shiver, thinking of days gone by.