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“I was slow to pick up on their hints. I knew what the Selection was, but never, not even once, had it been suggested as an option for any of us, let alone me.
"No."
Mom put up her hands, cautioning me. "Just listen-"
"A Selection?" I burst out. "That’s insane!"
"Eadlyn, you're being irrational. "
I glared at her. "You promised- you promised- you'd never force me into marrying someone for an alliance. How is this any better?"
"Hear us out," she urged.
"No!" I shouted. "I won't do it.”
― Kiera Cass, The Heir

“Truth begets knowledge and knowledge begets power.”
― Slade Combs, The Choice: Death Is Just The Beginning

“Healing cannot occur by refusing to listen to the truth, unsettling as it may be.”
― Slade Combs, The Choice: Death Is Just The Beginning

“Didn't they know who I was, what they'd trained me for? I was Eadlyn Schreave. No one was more powerful than me.
So if they thought I was going down without a fight, they were sadly mistaken.”
― Kiera Cass, The Heir