Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.
Megan Whalen TurnerIt made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.
Megan Whalen TurnerThe queen had passed him, so close he'd felt the stir of air, and he guessed that if she had turned her head, only a little, and met his eyes, he might have died right there.
Megan Whalen TurnerI was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.
Megan Whalen Turner