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“Lady's mouth tasted like blood and iron all the time now. It tasted like defeat.”
“Because I am in love with you. Because I cannot be around you for fear you will finally see what is written across my heart. Because the pain of you is one I cannot bear”
“And so she cut out her heart and offered it as a sacrifice. She would pay whatever price her mother Wallachia demanded.Make me prince, she said without feeling.”
“She swung her fist at Nicolaes head. He raised an arm to block the blow, and she delivered a killing stab with her wooden dagger.Nicolae laughed, staggering dramatically to the ground. Dead, again,...”
“Marry me, Lada. It is the perfect solution." Lada laughed. Mehmed's smile grew, until he realized her laugh was not a sweet breeze of delight, but a brutal desert wind carrying stinging sand in its...”
“A brother, she said, her voice soft.The baby started to cry, a weak, garbled sound that worried the nurse. Ladas scowl deepened. She slapped a dimpled hand over his mouth. The nurse pulled him away...”
“Weakness is an irresistible lure.”
“If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain.”
“There is no such thing as cheating. There is only winning or losing.”
“You once told me some lives are worth more than others. How many deaths before the scales tipout of our favor?She had no answer.”
“What is wrong with you? Radu sounded on the verge of tears. Why do you have to destroy everything good we have here?Because, Lada said, voice flat with the sudden wave of exhaustion pulling her hea...”
“Did you do this?There are other ways to beat someone than with fists. Radu poked her in the side with a finger.She surprised him by laughing. He stood up straighter, a proud grin at having surprise...”
“I am yours,” she whispered. The words cut like knives, barely out of her mouth before he stole them, sealing them with his own lips.”
“None of them are real to me.” He paused again, placing a hand flat against the door. “You are the only real thing in my life.”Radu gasped with the sheer physical pain the words sent through him. Bu...”
“She swung her fist at Nicolae’s head. He raised an arm to block the blow, and she delivered a killing stab with her wooden dagger.Nicolae laughed, staggering dramatically to the ground. “Dead, agai...”
“A brother,” she said, her voice soft.The baby started to cry, a weak, garbled sound that worried the nurse. Lada’s scowl deepened. She slapped a dimpled hand over his mouth. The nurse pulled him aw...”
“What is wrong with you?” Radu sounded on the verge of tears. “Why do you have to destroy everything good we have here?”“Because,” Lada said, voice flat with the sudden wave of exhaustion pulling he...”
“Did you do this?”“There are other ways to beat someone than with fists.” Radu poked her in the side with a finger.She surprised him by laughing. He stood up straighter, a proud grin at having surpr...”
