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He knew the Prince’s eye tended to roam, that he was always pleased by something new, that his slaves were looked after, kept in permanent style, while his eye, roaming, frequently fell on new conquests.

Damn ... idk what to say. This book is all shade of confusing bcuz as much as I want to think of Damen as poor and innocent, he technically isn't..

Kallias’s unselfconscious ease made Erasmus feel happy and very shy. ‘I wish we could stay like this forever,’ he said, softly. And then flushed. A curl of hair lay across Kallias’s smooth forehead. Erasmus wanted to reach out and touch it, but he wasn’t brave enough. Instead this daring had blurted out of his mouth.

This is soo very sad poor Erasmus.

You are older than the oldest I have worked with. Nereus hopes to have one of his slaves chosen to train for a First Night, but in twenty seven years he has produced only one hopeful, the rest bath boys, table attendants.

Man, Akielos is no better!!! I mean, isn't this guy like 18 or 19? How young do you want him to be wtf

Laurent could inspire homicidal tendencies simply by breathing.

The only funny thing in this book

‘Are you that sure of yourself?’ Damen called after him. ‘I think if you could beat your uncle on your own, you would have done it already.’

Says the guy who once said ‘Your life would be a lot easier if you stopped baiting him,’ said Damen.! Baby so will yours omg 😳

‘Laurent. Why must you always defy me? I hate it when we are at odds, yet you force me to chastise you. You seem determined to wreck everything in your path. Blessed with gifts, you squander them. Given opportunities, you waste them. I hate to see you grown up like this,’ said the Regent, ‘when you were such a lovely boy.’

EWWWWW YOU DISGUSTING FREAK EWWWW! NO. JUST NO.

‘My nephew has argued for you very persuasively,’ said the Regent. And then, oddly echoing Orlant’s words, ‘You must have hidden charm. Maybe it’s your physique he finds so appealing. Or do you have other talents?’

Umm I'm pretty sure they both find the other got but nah I think Laurent did it bcuz he finds him honorable again it goes back to THAT conversation about helping the other Akielos slaves, I think.

‘Or,’ said Govart, in the slow voice of one who nevertheless gets there in the end, ‘are you the reason the Guard’s out?’

Noooooo he's sooo CLOSE!! this motherfucker i hate him.

There was obviously something on Nicaise’s mind, and he wouldn’t leave until he said it. Eventually: ‘Don’t tell him I came.’

I swear something is soo not right with this kid , other than the obvious ofc

bruh o que é esse livro 😭

The Regent’s expression changed. ‘I see you can’t be talked to. I won’t indulge your current mood. Petulance is ugly in a child and worse in a man. If you break your toys, it is no one’s fault but your own.’

Oh fuck this man he's disgusting can he please die??

‘He said that Nicaise would make me perform before the court and it would be awful, but that if I was brave, something good might come at the end of it.’ Erasmus looked up at Damen curiously. ‘Why do you look surprised?’

Wow okay.. that's is VERY surprising

Laurent’s fair skin and blue eyes were a combination that was rare in Patras, rarer in Akielos, and a particular weakness of Damen’s. The golden hair made it worse.‘Can’t afford a good horse?’ said Damen.‘Try to keep up,’ said Laurent.

The way Laurent is his type to a T!! If the roles were reversed, Damianos wouldn't have thought it's wrong to take him as a slave..

‘Your life would be a lot easier if you stopped baiting him,’ said Damen. This time coldly, flatly, ‘I told you to shut up.’

Says you 😂 look I'm realllyyyy not blaming him or anything but that is ironic

Laurent was a nest of scorpions in the body of one person. Torveld looked at him and saw a buttercup.

A perfectly accurate description i fear.

‘I think all I have to do is tell you to kneel, and you’ll do it. Without me lifting a finger to help anyone.’
‘You’re right,’ said Damen.
‘I can end this any time I like?’ said Laurent. ‘I haven’t even begun.’

Or never mind, i guess i was wrong... but that moment felt like it should've been it...

‘You would really sacrifice your pride over the fate of a handful of slaves?’ He had worn the same look on his face at the ring; he was gazing at Damen as though he was searching for an answer to an unexpected problem. ‘Why?’

I think this is the moment when Laurent started to like him... IM USING LIKE VERYYYY LOOSELY.

‘Freedom?’ said Erasmus, sounding scared for the first time. ‘Why would I want that? I cannot . . . I am made for a master.’
‘You were made for better masters than these. You deserve someone who appreciates your worth.’

Noooo..... I did not read that! wtf 😳 bitch nooo! nobody is made for a master!

Ridiculous, that he was being dragged around by the neck like an unwilling animal. It was like possessing a finely tuned instrument and using it to smash shells open. Misusing it. He should be in Akielos, where his training would be fêted and prized.

Brother!!! OMG he doesn't see... shouldn't he idk have a different protective now that he lived that life? This is insane ALL of them are insane.