Knowing and believing are sometimes hard to combine.

Lief. That's not nice, considering all your sister has done for you," admonished Perl. "Oh right. How could I forget that she made me bait for a snake, left me on house arrest in Ixia, and smuggled me into the Keep in a coffin.

I didn’t want or expect this. But I couldn’t resist you.

Valek's thoughts returned to Yelena. An icy finger of loneliness touched the emptiness inside him. She was in Sitia, where she needed to be to learn about her magical powers, but she had taken his heart with her.

I took three steps and was wrapped in his arms, where I belonged. No confusion here. No worries here. No troubles here.

Nothing like having a warrant for your execution to get a girl motivated.

You're easily distracted by the pattern of the cloth and can't see the quality of the threads.