The Ippos King Quotes

“We live for those we love,” she told him in bast-Kai. “We die for those we love. This is a privilege, Serovek, not a sacrifice.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“I don't know how you weak humans ever got this far.” “We're cunning, feral, and afraid of dying.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“Some might think her overly cautious. She preferred that to being overly dead.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“She shrugged and set to work packing the last of her satchels in preparation for disembarking. “I let him rob me and didn't eat him. That's diplomacy.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“Anhuset quickly learned that the conversation between human males worked better than any dream elixir brewed by the most skilled Kai apothecary. It was vapid, shallow, and so utterly uninspired she was in danger of sliding from a light sleep atop her horse into a stupor of boredom.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“You learn from your enemy; your enemy learns from you. Surprise them with the unexpected by teaching them to expect the same thing.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“Anhuset's eyes narrowed. She had never been, and would never be, a prey animal,”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“It's just the aftermath of relief at avoiding death, her reason told her turbulent emotions. Her emotions guffawed and told her reason to kindly fuck off.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“His half smile held a question and a hope that refused to die no matter how she might scoff. “Decided to share my bed, firefly woman?” “I admire your fortitude,” she said. “And my answer is still no.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“This affection burned bright with passion, with desire. There existed between them an unspoken and private language only the two of them understood and shared with no one else.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“The shock value of honesty was always greater than that of the most convincing lie.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“He might have known that the way to charm Anhuset wasn't with compliments or flowers but the offer to brawl or gamble.”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King

“His half smile held a question and a hope that refused to die no matter how she might scoff. “Decided to share my bed, firefly woman?” “I admire your fortitude,”
― Grace Draven, The Ippos King