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Elke
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“Don’t go,” he said, still half asleep.
“I have to bathe. I smell like a forest fire.”
“You smell like wildflowers. You always do. What can I say to make you stay?” His words trailed off into a drowsy mumble as he fell back asleep.
Tell me it’s more than war and worry that makes you speak those words. Tell me what they would mean if you weren’t a king and I weren’t a soldier.”
― Rule of Wolves
“I have to bathe. I smell like a forest fire.”
“You smell like wildflowers. You always do. What can I say to make you stay?” His words trailed off into a drowsy mumble as he fell back asleep.
Tell me it’s more than war and worry that makes you speak those words. Tell me what they would mean if you weren’t a king and I weren’t a soldier.”
― Rule of Wolves
“I’ve made a mistake. It started with a prince, as most stories do. Once I felt the thrum of his heart beneath my fingers, I couldn’t forget it.”
― To Kill a Kingdom
― To Kill a Kingdom
“There is nothing in this world but pain and the rare moments that exist in between.”
― To Kill a Kingdom
― To Kill a Kingdom
“Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.”
― To Kill a Kingdom
― To Kill a Kingdom
“Get a message to the Crow Club,” she said. “Tell Kaz Brekker the queen of Ravka has a job for him.”
― Rule of Wolves
― Rule of Wolves
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