“He'll be here, Damen had said, and he believed that, even as the first wave hit and the men around him began to die. There was a dark logic to it. Have your slave convince the Akielons to fight. Let your enemies do your fighting for you, the casualties taken by the people you despise, the Regent defeated or weakened, and the armies of Nikandros wiped out. It wasn't until the second wave hit them from the north-west that he realised they were totally alone.” BetrayalDamianosKings Rising Book:Kings Rising Source: Kings Rising
“I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve. There’d be no lies between us. We’d have time to be together.” Love QuotesEternal LoveDamenDamianosKings RisingLove Tips Book:Kings Rising Source: Kings Rising
“You and Auguste would have been slapping each other on the back and watching tournaments, and I would have been trailing around you tugging on your sleeve, trying to get a look in edgewise.” After a moment, Laurent said, “He would have liked you.” LaurentKings RisingAuAuguste Book:Kings Rising Source: Kings Rising
“It was like watching a boar try to take on the endless blue of the sky. Damen remembered how it felt to be coerced to Laurent's will. Laurent had never needed to use force to make men obey him, just as he had never needed men to like him in order to get his way. Laurent got his way because when men tried to resist him, they found, sweetly outmanoeuvred, that they couldn’t.” Captive PrinceLaurentKings Rising Book:Kings Rising Source: Kings Rising