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'Would you like to know why she won? [...] Because you fought for yourself. For glory, for silver. But she...she fought for Dominion.'
Ancel asked, 'What is Dominion?'
[...] 'One nation united under one God. One kingdom, from the Slant Sea to the Northern Fallows, prosperous and peaceful. Just a dream, for now, but one worth dying for.' She might have been a saint or a seer, she spoke with such perfect faith.
— 11 hours, 48 min ago
Ancel asked, 'What is Dominion?'
[...] 'One nation united under one God. One kingdom, from the Slant Sea to the Northern Fallows, prosperous and peaceful. Just a dream, for now, but one worth dying for.' She might have been a saint or a seer, she spoke with such perfect faith.
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I felt myself tilting toward you, the woman I had wanted since before I knew how, the woman I was just now coming to want—
The woman I was leading to her death. [...]
The words came easily, pouring from the pen in a hot, spiteful rush. It was all lies, but what did I care? If I couldn't have you or heal you or save you—if I couldn't love you—then I would make all of Dominion love you, forever and ever.
— 10 hours, 51 min ago
The woman I was leading to her death. [...]
The words came easily, pouring from the pen in a hot, spiteful rush. It was all lies, but what did I care? If I couldn't have you or heal you or save you—if I couldn't love you—then I would make all of Dominion love you, forever and ever.
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It was difficult work, transmuting all the dull indignities of travel...into a tale to lift the hearts and minds of a nation. Line by line I made you—shattered and silent, half blind—into Sir Una Everlasting, hero of Dominion.
I could almost see her sometimes, a shining heroic figure transposed over you. One day, I knew, she would replace you entirely, so that there would be no trace of you left at all.
— 11 hours, 9 min ago
I could almost see her sometimes, a shining heroic figure transposed over you. One day, I knew, she would replace you entirely, so that there would be no trace of you left at all.
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And Ancel, who had only ever served himself and other men who served themselves, felt an aching, helpless love take root in his chest.
Humbly, head bowed, he said, 'I know nothing of dreams, my lady, but I would fight for you.'
There was a considering pause Then he felt the flat of a blade fall heavy on his right shoulder. 'Good enough,' said Yvanne, and she swore a second knight to her service.
— 11 hours, 47 min ago
Humbly, head bowed, he said, 'I know nothing of dreams, my lady, but I would fight for you.'
There was a considering pause Then he felt the flat of a blade fall heavy on his right shoulder. 'Good enough,' said Yvanne, and she swore a second knight to her service.
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Una was taller and stronger, but for a long time, she could not best him/ They fought until their lungs ached, until their blood had turned the earth to slick mud beneath their boots and their shadows stretched long at their backs.
Later, those who saw the fight would agree that Ancel was the best swordsman in the land. But in the end, he was only a man. What is a man, against a legend?
— 11 hours, 58 min ago
Later, those who saw the fight would agree that Ancel was the best swordsman in the land. But in the end, he was only a man. What is a man, against a legend?
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"Every queen since Yvanne has worn the crown you won her. Every war since the First Crusade has been fought beneath your flag. The highest military decoration is named after you, for God's sake, and do you know what they call the very best and bravest soldiers, at the front? Red knights. [...] Now, you are legendary. One day, you will be a legend."
— 14 hours, 17 min ago
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I wasn't here to translate or transcribe your story; I was here to make sure there was a story to tell.
She needs you, Vivian had said.
You had lost your way. And I—who knew every turn and twist in your journey, every step you must and would take—was your compass.
— 14 hours, 17 min ago
She needs you, Vivian had said.
You had lost your way. And I—who knew every turn and twist in your journey, every step you must and would take—was your compass.
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It was the way he described you, the casual familiarity of it, and the way he sometimes forgot the grander quest in favor of the odd, quiet moments of intimacy. But most of all it was the way he mourned you. Grief rose from every page like turpentine, burning the back of my throat.
— 14 hours, 21 min ago
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"I intend to focus on the Everlasting Cycle, our founding mythological—"
"It's played out."
"It's patriotic."
"Please, I've just had breakfast," she said, without inflection.
— 14 hours, 34 min ago
"It's played out."
"It's patriotic."
"Please, I've just had breakfast," she said, without inflection.
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For once, I did not weep.
I only knelt for a while in the place where the woods had once been, but were no longer, until I understood what every person understands eventually: that I had left home and could never return to it, and that there would never be a time when I did not miss it.
— 14 hours, 35 min ago
I only knelt for a while in the place where the woods had once been, but were no longer, until I understood what every person understands eventually: that I had left home and could never return to it, and that there would never be a time when I did not miss it.
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"Owen," you said, and your voice was deep and cool as still water, "come back to me."
Then you said, "Please," and that cool voice caught and hung on the word, and I thought I would do anything at all—live or die or burn in hell—if you asked it of me.
— 14 hours, 41 min ago
Then you said, "Please," and that cool voice caught and hung on the word, and I thought I would do anything at all—live or die or burn in hell—if you asked it of me.