Bound (Book of the Ancestor, #2.5)

by Mark Lawrence

With sufficient gravitas even the wildest of lies can be made to sound plausible.

She’d never understood why the equations needed her to solve them. Wouldn’t they be happier left in peace on the pages of dusty books?

“Sister Pot.” Apple took her hands then released them and turned to make introductions. “Pot, meet Kettle.”

Sister Wheel, on the other hand, teaches you truths about yourself, and those are the hardest to learn of them all. If they are to be learned by the heart rather than by the head they cannot be sugared like a lie. If they are to form the foundation of a faith they must be discovered not delivered. Sister Wheel makes you discover revelation. Whether that is her intention or not is of no matter.”

But the fact is that few people are able to see value in the words of someone they truly dislike. Have your own opinions spoken back to you by someone you despise and you will likely begin to find fault.

It seemed to Nona a terrible crime to lie with one’s body, to hide murder within an act of affection.