Hey, A-D-D,” she called out to Claire, “come over and try these on.
The citizens of Ludania would finally be free, no longer forced into a class system that determined what language they could speak, what jobs they could do, or who they could be
Eden will stay with you.” I glanced up at the blue-haired woman who watched us. “She promises to take good care of you. Right, Eden?”Eden nodded, curt and no-nonsense, a soldier to the bones.I glanced back at Angelina. “You trust her, don’t
Trust had become a commodity that few could afford.
Now it was just the two of us, Max and me. And about a thousand other people around us.
She once again thought about how badly she wanted to crawl back beneath the mound of already cooling blankets that covered her bed like an inviting nest.
Jules stood up and stretched gracelessly. “Let’s hurry up and pay before she”-she indicated Claire with a flick of her thumb-“sees something shiny and we lose her again.
He stood straight then, moving to stand directly in front of me as he dropped low and bowed dramatically. “Your Majesty.
I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him.
But I knew something that Elena hadn’t. That the measure of a true queen didn’t lie in her magic. It had more to do with who she was, and what she was willing to give of herself, than it did with the powers she possessed- Charlaina di Heyse
The sounds she heard bouncing off the walls around her were those of defeat.