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“Everybody cheers the hanging of a witch," I said. Agnes Rose looked at her dainty watch. "Everybody but us," she said, and she took the matches from me and set one of the ledgers alight.”

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Book:Outlawed

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“Do you know what a corpse lily is, Adonis?" He glared at her, and didn't speak. "Do not make me repeat myself, mortal. Yes or no?" She dropped her glamour, and took a threatening step forward. Adonis' eyes widened, and he wiggled away, wimpering, "No." "Pity. It is a parasitic flower that smells like decaying flesh. I am sure you are wondering what this has to do with you. It's a wager. If you touch another woman without consent, I will turn you into one." Adonis went pale but managed to glare at her. "A wager usually implies I get something in return." She shook her head at his stupidity. "You do," she said, leaning close, "your life.”

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Book:A Touch of Darkness

Source: A Touch of Darkness

“«...I'd much prefer to be a spy than a princess.» «You say that as though a princess can't be a badass. Nothing wrong with being beautiful, powerful, and capable. You could be a princess spy.»”

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Book:The Starlight Heir

Source: The Starlight Heir

“You could," I say. "But if you do not, and you hear me out, you'll recieve something from me that I will never offer you again." "Oh?" he says. "And that is?" "My mercy Erubus," I say. "My Mercy”

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Author:Tracy Deonn, Oathbound

“I gather you play chess, he’d said, and she’d given him a look, later he’d ralised it was fair warning; yes, she played chess. The had a mignificent coral and ivory set, worth a thousand acres of good arable land. He’d made soft opening, the way you do when you’re playing a girl, and suddenly he found himself staring defeat in the facs - he’d never los a game except three times, to Senza.”

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Author:K.J. Parker

“Ah well. He’d beaten her twice sind then: once on their honeymoon, though he still suspected her of throwing the game, and once on the day she lost the baby. And two out of eight hundred and six wasn’t too bad, against such an opponent.”

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Book:The Two of Swords: Part Five

Source: The Two of Swords: Part Five

“Ran into the wrong end of a knife.”

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Book:Serpent & Dove

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