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“Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.”
“She's still clinging to the side of her mountain, just like I'm still wandering lost in my battlefield.”
“I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is not usually a good thing.”
“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until youre useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.”
“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.”
“Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on timethat's permanent.”
“I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliffs night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing.”
“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”
“There will be so much more in between. So much uncertainty. I don't know if we'll survive the catacombs, let alone the rest of it. But it doesn't matter. For now, these steps are enough. These firs...”
“Fear can be good, Laia. It can keep you alive. But don't let it control you. Don't let it sow doubts within you. When the fear takes over, use the only thing more powerful, more indestructible, to ...”
“Rage colors her every movement. Rage that has nothing to do with her so-called bodyguards and everything to do with me and her and the confusion rolling around inside the both of us. This should be...”
“When did you star here? I ask her.Three days ago. Sir. Aspirant. Um She wrings her hands.Veturius is fine.She walks carefully, gingerlythe Commandant must have whipped her recently. And yet she doe...”
“Fight back, Laia. For Darin. For Izzi. For every Scholar this beast has abused. Fight. A scream bursts from me, and I claw at Marcuss face, but a punch to my stomach takes the wind out of my lungs....”
“The voice is deep and soft, not a sound so much as a feeling. It is storm and wind and leaves twisting in the night. It is roots sucking deep at the earth, and the pale, sightless creatures that li...”
“We match each other stroke for stroke until I get a hit on her right arm. She tries to switch sword arms, but I jab my scim at her wrist faster than she can parry. Her scim goes flying, and I tackl...”
“Are the Trials starting? The girl claps her hands over her mouth. I'm sorry, she whispers. IIt's all right. I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is ...”
“Youyou were like me. You were a child. A normal child. And that was taken from you.Does that bother you?Well, it certainly makes you harder to hate.”
“I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff’s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing.”
“When did you star here?” I ask her.“Three days ago. Sir. Aspirant. Um—” She wrings her hands.“Veturius is fine.”She walks carefully, gingerly—the Commandant must have whipped her recently. And yet ...”
“Are the Trials starting?” The girl claps her hands over her mouth. “I'm sorry,” she whispers. “I—”“It's all right.” I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a ...”
