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“And yet she had no claim here. No claim of her own in Asterya, either. She had been born a pawn and it didn’t matter which man she told the truth to—they both would use her to get what they wanted.”

“What a feat, to only ever get a woman half undressed.”
“Come over here and I’ll rectify the situation.”

“People with the universe in their hands don’t hide so much.”
“People with the universe in their hands never show their palms.”

“Her hand and her life had been worth salt.”

“Tell me…Did you intend to kill me from the beginning, or did you see me and decide I was not a handsome enough choice for you?”

“The truth was that men could not tell a virgin from a hole in a tree, no matter what lies they told themselves.”