Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)

by Robin Hobb

“Are you wise enough to take a lesson from this, sister?” Althea kept her voice even and low. “I’d be very surprised if we had not all learned something about you today, Kyle. Chiefly that there is very little you won’t do in your ambition to control the Vestrit family.”

Get him

“There are worse things than starving, Kyle Haven,” Ronica heard herself say. “Like what?” he demanded. She could not stop herself. “Like having a greedy fool for a son-in-law.

Suddenly, it was all his own will and what he thought was best. I do not keep him in ignorance, Malta. His ignorance is a fortress he has built himself and defended savagely.”