Kingmakers Trilogy Quotes

“Oh, was she known for doing things like this? Excellent. That meant he was not responsible for any part of it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Bria got this trapped look on her face, an expression that a rabbit would have while surrounded by hungry wolves. Swallowing nervously, she offered, “He’s the third son of an official, sort of, and I met him while he was running an errand for his father?”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Holding up the sparkling blue fabric higher, Ashlynn coaxed in her sweetest tone, “Now, Riana, this is beautiful fabric—” “It be itchy and restrictive and no.” Riana had learned from her”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Riana decided that telling Ash now was a stroke of genius. If she had delayed and waited until she was back, that would have surely destroyed one of her eardrums. As it was, it set her head to ringing.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Your Highness, it’s truly remarkable, how many times our paths cross in a single day.” “It truly is.” He gave an elaborate look around. “And half the time it’s in such dark, secluded corners such as this. My dear lady, if you are trying to seduce me, I must say that I’m perfectly amiable to such.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Shouldn’t we figure out what to do first?” “No, absolutely not,” Woelfel denied with a somber countenance that didn’t fool a single person in the room. “This is vital information that I absolutely must have. Our whole mission might depend on it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Savir blinked, expression nonchalant. “I didn’t put any sticks in the holes. I merely found them. Maddox always did the investigating.” And that indeed was the perfect summary of the twin’s relationship. Even now, Savir wasn’t stirring up any hornets’ nests, just finding them and neatly maneuvering his way around them.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Riana grew seriously tempted to break her cover enough to punch him in the throat. If she maimed him, just a little bit, he wouldn’t be able to talk for the near future. Surely they’d give her a medal for that, as no one really liked the man anyway.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Enraged, he ripped the sheet into shreds and then threw it to the ground, stomping on it for good measure. “WHO? Who found my spies?!” Ashlynn, in her normally delicate and sensitive manner, slapped him in the back of the head.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“She had never known peace. They had grown up in it. To them, this chaos and upheaval was simply a crisis to get through. Once they had won the day, they would go back to the peace they had known growing up. They trusted in that in a way that she could not comprehend.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“This reaction on the siblings’ part was interesting. They really did not like this man. “Take him back out and shoot him,” Edvard requested. He did not sound like he was jesting. “Oh, may I?” Ashlynn drawled, bouncing on her toes like a giddy girl. “Please? You won’t have to get me anything for All-Winter.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“But we need to start making guesses and contingency plans; otherwise, we’ll be caught with our pa—” Edvard cut himself off, glanced down at the innocent eyes of his six-year old sister and rephrased,”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Riana.” The way he said her name was like an endearment and he lost that rigid smile that sent shivers up her spine. “I said that to you for their sakes, not yours. If they do something to you, I really will lose my temper, and then Ashlynn will lose hers, and before you know it half of this village will be rubble. Do us all a favor? Stick close.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Confess what, lad?” “The reason why you said we should take out the bandits first was because you’re hoping that after we deal with them, Ashlynn will be too tired to want to fight the village afterwards.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“You three will pay for laughing,” she warned direly, shaking a fist. Broden turned enough to walk backwards a few steps, objecting, “I be no’ laughing.” She glared back, jaw set. “I can feel your amusement clearly, don’t give me that innocent, wide-eyed look of yours.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“So, more teasingly, he added, “But try to rein it in, eh? It be hard enough to stop Ashlynn when she gets a mad on.” “I heard that!” Ashlynn called from behind him. “And I’ll have you know I only use violence as an appropriate response”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“You realize, that if we walk into that village and they start treating you like they were, my former students are going to lose their tempers completely. They absolutely adore both of you and they’re not going to take any insult to you well.” Broden managed a smile although it felt more like a grimace. “Gerrard, I trust ye to stop them before they level the place.” “Me?” Gerrard objected in a near squawk. “How about you stop them?”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Aside from the land right next to the channel, it be as flat as can be. Everything else be naught but hills and ridges.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Broden also felt she was less inclined to beat up the first criminal she found after working out any frustrations she felt pre-work day. He was a wise man. He did not bring that up.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Ashlynn, having all the sympathy of a sister, came over and poked him in the foot. “Are you dead?”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Do ye no’ recognize a fellow troublemaker when ye see one?” She pointed with her chin at Gerrard. “The man was making sure that as a child, ye did no’ follow in his footsteps. But now yer a grown man, he does no’ have to guide ye along anymore. Now he can just join in.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Good!” Emil approved. He lifted it in his hands and looked at it from every angle. “Yes, good. It’s sturdily built.” Ash beamed at him. Emil clapped his hands together. “Now. Next thing.” Freezing in place, Ash gave him an unnerved look. “This wasn’t the only thing?”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Even if you do, there’s not much you can harvest or plant in the winter months.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Broden sat at the table on Ashlynn’s right and tried to be as still as possible. As foolish as it was, people often overlooked something that was still and quiet. He harbored the hope that if he sat like a statue, no one would think to draw him into this debate.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“Really!” Ashlynn grumbled to herself. “You’d think I was a rampaging monster, the way they carry on.” “No,” Ash denied around laughs, “you’re scarier.” For that, his sister punched him in the arm.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy

“We have more idle hands than I care to recall offhand.”
― Honor Raconteur, Kingmakers Trilogy