Bitterblue had never seen a man naked, and she was curious. She decided the universe owed her a few minutes, just a few, to satisfy her curiosity. So she went to him and knelt, which shut him up.
Kristin CashoreIt hurt her eyes, almost, Ror City; and it didn't surprise her that Po should come from a place that shone.
Kristin CashoreI've liked you better when Katsa's around," Giddon said. "She's so rotten to me that you seem positively pleasant in contrast.
Kristin CashorePart a of scene from 'Bitterblue' between Madlen (Bitterblue's medicine woman) and Bitterblue: Madlen came to sit beside her [Bitterblue] on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?
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