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"I've yet to see a gate to hell turn out well." Vigga sadly shook her head. "Makes you wonder why they keep opening the bastards."

"Must we really endure a vampire's opinions on theology?"
"Or law," added Baptiste. "I spent two months arguing a case before magistrates in Navarre, so I feel I've got one foot in the profession."
"Like every other," observed the baron.
"How many feet can one woman have?" asked Vigga, and she laughed. Alone.


I laughed 🥲

"Jakob of Thorn was, as Baptiste had put it, dead as fuck. He still had the bloody rent in his gambeson that Marcian's mortal thrust had left, not to mention two arrows sticking through his body. Yet there he stood, impossibly upright, with the expression or a furious achoolmaster dressing down a wayward pupil."

"... what, specifically, became of my predecessor?”

“She’s dead.”

“Dead?”

“As fuck. She’s dead as fuck.”

Patiently waiting for Shae to kick some serious ass. 🥹

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Despite how slow my reading is going (worldbuilding, ya know), this has me on the edge of my seat, omg

Oops I just saw Dune: Part Two and now it's time for a reread. 😁

This was cozy. A dash of witty humor, a well-rounded cast of side characters to compliment the solid main characters, all set in Scotland. It made me ready to plan my next trip to the Highlands...