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I Am Grimalkin (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #9) I Am Grimalkin by Joseph Delaney
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“Each day say to yourself that you are the best, the strongest, and the most deadly. Eventually you will start to believe it. Finally it will come true. It came true for me. I am Grimalkin.”
Joseph Delaney, Grimalkin the Witch Assassin
“Cowardice and courage are just labels—words invented by foolish men to bolster their egos and denigrate their enemies. In battle we should be cold, clinical, and disciplined. That”
Joseph Delaney, Grimalkin the Witch Assassin
“A true knight has a strict code of chivalry by which he lives his life: He cannot refuse a challenge and he always keeps his word. I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.”
Joseph Delaney, Grimalkin the Witch Assassin
“What is evil?' asked the Fiend”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“Are you my enemy? Are you strong, with speed and agility and the training of a warrior? It matters naught to me. Run now! Run fast into the forest! I’ll give you a few moments’ start—an hour, if you wish. But you will never be fast enough. I’ll catch and kill you before long.”
Joseph Delaney, Grimalkin the Witch Assassin
“GRIMALKIN DOES NOT CRY”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“I have become the mother of death.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“GRIMALKING DOES NOT CRY”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“I have looked into the darkness,
into the greatest darkness of all,
and now I fear nothing.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“A witch should not fear her own death.
It is just the setting of a sun
and a promise of the darkness
that is our true home.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“each place I fight is home.
My blades have a home too - in the hearts of my enemies.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“Grimalkin was never meant to die in a warm bed - she should have met her end in battle, as a warrior.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“Each day say to yourself that you are the best, the strongest, the most deadly.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“How can it hope to defeat me?
I am Grimalkin.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“This was the calm. I was the storm.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“I am Grimalkin and I could kill you all!" I cried. "But I will slay only three - the strongest three!”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“Besides, it is my pleasure to watch you suffer.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“He twisted his head, opened his mouth wide, and lunged toward me as if to bite my head from my body. But I avoided those deadly jaws, then swung the hammer back hard into his face, smashing his front teeth into fragments and leaving only broken, bloody stumps. Few things have given me greater satisfaction!”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“Her trade is death and torture.”
Joseph Delaney, I Am Grimalkin
“Defeat will cost you your life, and the siege will continue. That is all. Do you accept my challenge?” “I accept, and will fight you in single combat before these walls. Do you agree? Do I have your word?” “You have my word. We will fight at the water’s edge, where you defeated the great worme. Your followers must remain within the castle walls. My people will retreat far beyond the river.” “It is agreed!” Sir Gilbert replied. With that, the kretch bowed its head slightly, showed its teeth in a wicked grin, and turned to lope back toward the river. I almost called down my own challenge to the kretch, but the knight had given his word; I could not intervene. However, I did make an attempt to dissuade him. “It’s a trick!” I warned. “Such a creature does not think like you. Neither do its companions. They are the servants of the Fiend—the Father of Lies. They have no idea of honor. Go down there alone and you will die! They want the head of the Fiend and have no intention of dispersing until it is in their possession.” “That may be so,” Sir Gilbert said, turning to face me. “But as a knight, I am not at liberty to refuse a challenge”
Joseph Delaney, Grimalkin the Witch Assassin
“In order to survive, Tom and the Spook must form an alliance with Grimalkin, the deadly witch assassin of the most powerful of the Pendle clans.”
Joseph Delaney, Grimalkin the Witch Assassin