The Last Priestess Quotes

“Maegwin tipped her chin up. “Maegwin de Romily, priestess of Sho-La.” Shador inclined his head gravely. “Maegwin de Romily, you have been sentenced to hang for the murders of Lord Meryk Hounsey and three of his guardsmen. You will now go to your death. Do you understand?”
― Elizabeth Baxter, The Last Priestess

“Rovann pushed his senses further out and found it: a mass of iridescent life energy so strong it could only indicate a town full of people. It lay to the south-west, many miles distant.”
― Elizabeth Baxter, The Last Priestess

“Rovann chewed his lip. If he didn’t reach Mallyn by midday... Shaking his head, he choked the thought. He would not fail. Could not. He had a duty to his king, to his people. Rovann smiled crookedly. Duty. That word again. Istra always hated how he was torn in two. Duty? she would say. Must it come before everything? Before us?”
― Elizabeth Baxter, The Last Priestess

“The old man's face became stern. “Now, don’t go talking like that. We aren’t beaten yet! Something will turn up, you’ll see. The Songmaker will save us.” Maegwin sighed. She was tired of hearing him prattle on about this Songmaker of his.  “How many times, old man? I’m not one of you.”
― Elizabeth Baxter, The Last Priestess

“Maegwin de Romily woke with a headache on the morning of her execution. As she roused from frightening dreams she became aware of smells first: damp stone, rotting straw, an undercurrent of urine.”
― Elizabeth Baxter, The Last Priestess