We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've just never had to practise it.

You were never able to break her. She is the stone of this kingdom.

Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.

She was the most beautiful woman in the world. If she was alive I'd probably be a better person.

Sometimes... sometimes keeping alive is too tiring," she whispered, wringing her hands. Before he knew what he was doing, he pressed his lips against her brow. "Don't ever say that. Ever.

He nods. "My mum has one just the same and you have no idea how disturbing it is that it's turning me on.

There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.’ ‘Oh the poor animal,’ she cried out, ‘they’re such beautiful creatures.’ ‘I’m speaking of the royal seal placed on correspondence, as you would know,’ he said.