A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

Come at a man with a sword, he’ll see you coming, and if a man you mean to kill sees you coming then you’re going about it all wrong.”

Shivers slowly nodded. “A real arsehole’s parade.”

“I’m the king’s bastard, my father’s not my father, and I’ve been sucking my brother’s cock?” she screamed.

“So… you shave your heads so you can wear a hat made of someone else’s hair, then lie about it?” Rikke puffed out her cheeks. “Puts my worries in some fucking perspective.”