The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

“Truyde and I were planning to find you in Orisima. The Knight of Fellowship took me to your side. Do you not see that this is a divine mission?” “No, I do not, you witless cabbage.”

“Eadaz,” Aralaq said. “Yes?” “Do not follow stupid birds into dark places again.”

It was the stuff of legend, a tale destined to be enshrined in song—and Niclays had slept through the whole damned thing.