“If you’re the sickness, I suppose you can’t also be the cure.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“Because you’re like a story that hasn’t happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding of the tale.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
“The three of you have one solution to every problem. Murder. No key fits every lock.” Cardan gives us all a stern look, holding up a long-fingered hand with my stolen ruby ring still on one finger. “Someone tries to betray the High King, murder. Someone gives you a harsh look, murder. Someone disrespects you, murder. Someone ruins your laundry, murder.”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“He looks up at me with his night-colored eyes, beautiful and terrible all at once. “For a moment,” he says, “I wondered if it wasn’t you shooting bolts at me.”
I make a face at him. “And what made you decide it wasn’t?”
He grins up at me. “They missed.”
― The Wicked King
I make a face at him. “And what made you decide it wasn’t?”
He grins up at me. “They missed.”
― The Wicked King
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