She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.’ She placed her head back against his chest and he felt her tears. ‘This is not our time.’ ‘But that will never mean I love you less,’ he said.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

One day" came. Because finally I understood.

What kind of freak is this kid who's giggling hysterically with the girls in the neighbouring beds, each with a crush on the other for being the same age when the rest of the world seems so old?

he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams.

Later, when they were almost asleep he had called out to her. 'Finke?' 'Yeah?' 'We'll make a great team. You plant. I build.

She comes from the school of getting it out of your system, whereas he comes from the school of stewing over it.