Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)

by Nicola Griffith

“Dogs own space and cats own time.”

“Kings travel from place to place like a cat but want to own those places like a dog. It’s why there are wars.”

This time Gwladus wouldn’t try to stop her. She would pretend to cry out with need. She had to. She was a slave. With nowhere to go, no one to turn to. Hild had left her behind once. She had to please Hild or be thrown away,