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“After all, if she had done only what a girl was supposed to do until now, she would have no power, no acclaim, only an obscure existence as the subject of someone else’s dominion. The path to God wasn’t laid for women like her. It was laid on their backs.”

“She was destined for lesser things. Tears seized her throat, and she ruthlessly forced them back. She might have failed like a woman, but at least no one was going to catch her crying like one.”

“Withered fingers beckoned her to the floor, and Sciona stepped into the circle toward her destiny—or toward the end of everything.”