Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken, #1)

by Ryan Cahill

the sun will set, and it will rise again, and it will do so the next day and the next. The gods are in charge of such things, but it is by our own will that we pick ourselves up when we fall.

“May The Mother embrace you, and The Father protect you. May The Warrior guide your hand, and The Maiden guide your mind. May The Smith keep your blade sharp, and The Sailor see you to safe shores.”

Considering Calen once witnessed Dann have a drunken conversation with a tree, the silence should have raised some flags.

A bard in the corner of the room played a lute. Well, attempted to play the lute. Failed to play the lute.

water becomes just as thick as blood if you go through enough shit together.

“Rakina may mean ‘one who is broken’, but among the elves, it is a mark of respect. It also means, ‘one who survived’.”

“The day we stop learning is the day we will be consumed by what we do not know.