“Talaith leaned forward, studied her youngest daughter. You think youre evil?Pure evil, Izzy clarified, which got her a rather vicious glare from Rhi. An expression Dagmar had never thought the youn...”

“Nowshe leaned in a bitwould you like to go flying with Grandmum before we take you home, so you can watch her toss cows around for no other reason than her own amusement?Sounds unnecessarily cruel....”

“ibhear isnt my friend. Hes kin. A blood relation.Which means what exactly?To a Cadwaladr, it means that if I have good cause, I could beat the scales off his back and get away with it.”

“A spy novel? Dagmar asked. You two are talking about a spy nov”

“They cant help it, you know. It happens in the egg, she reasoned. As soon as they grow that genitalia, intelligence goes right out the window and were left with this thing that just wants to stick ...”

“It wasnt the first time hed run for his life. And it most likely wouldnot be the last. In the past few decades, though, hed mostly run fromangry fathers whod found him where they felt he should not...”

“A spy novel? Dagmar asked. You two are talking about a spy nov”

“Whats going on?Nothing. She coughed, and released Talaiths hand. Exceptyou have some powerful enemies.Tell me what I dont know, witch.Powerful enemies who are gods.For a moment, Annwyl was shocked ...”

“He sighed. A year since hed left her the morning after the final battle with her brother. A year since hed held her in his arms. A year since hed kissed her. A year since hed buried his head betwee...”

“No one referred toFearghus the Destroyer as the life of anyones party.”

“No one referred toFearghus the Destroyer as the life of anyone’s party.”

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.”

“For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty.Now I am pretty lonely.”

“I missed him so much that it felt like a physical pain in the area below my ribs. I opened my mouth to accommodate it. I put my hand to it. A hollow, aching, piercing place.”