The Throne of Honor and Blood Quotes

“We’ll return home to our bed, in our chambers, in our castle to our household that awaits us.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“Bringing a child into the world after the loss of another is an unpredictable and heart-wrenching joy that already holds many difficulties.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“The Fates have chosen a mate for me who will defend this kingdom without hesitation or mercy, as steadfast in her convictions as I am in my own, and though she’s nothing like the mate I was imagining for the long centuries I waited for her, now I can’t fathom a better candidate.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“but she doesn't make any protests as silence falls in the temple wants more.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“he grips the side of my neck with the same ferocity with which he’d lunged at me when we were reunited only hours ago and pulls me in to meet his lips.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“leaving me the grapple with the ice that settles in my bones at her departure.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“It's a shame the Fates didn't give him such weaknesses for me.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“Daire Reborn, who followed his fate to the forest of the old gods. You’ve spilled the blood of the coven, a witch born from the line of the womb. This assai will see my brother and his beloved to rest in Elysium.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“The Bloodwyrd Coven returns to our kingdom to answer the Favored Child’s call. Our blood has called us home.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“I am Ahana Reborn. I answer the Favored Child’s call.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“Welcome home, the trees whisper to me, you have brought our Favored Child home, you spill the blood of the Betrayers to honor us. Welcome home, Soren Celestial.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“The Favored Children have returned.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“When she reaches the oath to the line of the womb, my grief threatens to overwhelm me. There should be a dozen names listed and yet it's only my own she speaks.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“She’s everything I've ever longed for, and I’m humbled by her.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“I’m keenly aware of the Ravenswyrd nature of my wife.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“It's Elmswyrd magic, actually. My coven taught the high fae how to create fae doors in the first place.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“I went to the Ravenswyrd, Æfanya. It welcomed me home, just as you said it would. Just like Pem said.” The tears in her words are as thick as my own and I lift her hand to clasp it in both of mine. “Of course it did; it welcomes all its children home… even if they don’t bear the coven’s name.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“Phaedra studies the throne and the regent more thoroughly. “A warning to you all, and one you will heed; No fate shall ever be broken again. Rylle won’t hesitate, nor submit to the courtly manners. Any attempt to harm the witch will be met with the full force of the Sol Army.” His declaration is met with silence, not a whisper to be heard.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“If I wanted Solas Celestial to understand my words, little faeling, I’d speak them to him. The high fae might have the ability to hear what isn’t intended for them but, in the Courts of the First Fae, disrespect like this would cost you your life. I act now at the Sol King’s command alone.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“You’re infinitely more important to me, croí. This isn't about ability, there’s no doubt of that. This is about value. I've lost nearly everyone I've ever loved to this male. I won’t lose another.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“It’s the Ravenswyrd way to give until my last breath.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“You have given her nothing but scorn and contempt, no matter the truth laid out before you. She trusts me, and I won’t fail her. On my son’s life, I’ll keep her safe.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“So Rooke stepped over the battlement to defend the castle and you just… decided that you'll have her now? I don't think so, Soren. That’s not reason enough for me to leave her under your care. You’ve already proved yourself incapable of reason when it comes to Rooke.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“She’s prevailed against everything… except the mate given to her by the Fates themselves.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“I hold the blessed mate given to me by the Fates, one whom I’ve scorned at every opportunity, and now I find myself at the mercy of every one of her warnings, the consequences of my hatred and disgust for her people coming to call.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“I want what I've always wanted. I want my croí.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“It's difficult to admit that people we love and admire are flawed, just as we are… especially when their loss feels like the greatest injustice of all.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“As we step into the great hall, I shift my way carefully around until I stand beside Reed. He gives me a fraction of a smile before it disappears, and he flicks stern eyes away from me as though it’s a crime to meet my gaze. “We're not supposed to talk. You should go back to Prince Tyton’s side and do as he instructs.” Scowling, I send a sidelong look to the prince. “Who said we’re not allowed to speak to one another? No one told me.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“I’m fighting a battle with the chaos that lives within me. Every shield I constructed against my traumas has come down,”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood

“life. I’ll make them members of your family that you’ll bring to Court with you instead. When my uncle is dealt with, and all those who backed him are gone, I’ll give them seats on the Court as well. There are more than five families that will be wiped out in entirety, the choice is easy.”
― J. Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood