Embrace the Serpent Quotes

“The fire blazed green. It cast the dining hall in eerie blue-green underwater light. The shadows on every face lengthened. A maid screamed, and then one of the guards did. A boy ran in, shrieking, A ghost! In the courtyard! The nobles shouted--someone threw a plate that crashed against the wall.
I drew in a breath and shouted the signal: Are you snakes, or are you worms? And I ducked, my cheeks hot--I hadn't known my voice could get that loud. At my words, the huntsmen startled and, just like the Serpent King said they would, flew into action, catching their captors unawares. They fought with bound hands, until their bindings were cut by a blade--a table knife--that passed between them as quick as the wind.”
― Sunya Mara, Embrace the Serpent