Nothing says you care for me better than offering to torture my enemies.

Sleep? What's that? A new type of casserole?

Flea stared at us, "I can't decide what's worse. Losing family members or not having a family member to lose.

Oscove?" Valek paused. "He didn't have the stomach for it.

Should haves lead to death

Anything else you want to tell me?” I asked Valek as we stopped a few feet short of the castle’s south entrance. “Did Ari and Janco set me up for Nix’s attack? Do you have another test of loyalty for me up your sleeve? Maybe the next time, I’ll actually fail. A prospect that seems appealing!” I pushed away Valek’s supporting arm. “When you warned me that you would test me from time to time, I thought you meant spiking my food. But it seems there is more than one way to poison a person’s heart, and it doesn’t even require a meal.

You asked how I can be so calm. I don't have time not to be. I would like to grieve and worry and carry on, but that doesn't achieve results.