61 Quotes by C.S. Pacat

He'll be here, Damen had said, and he believed that, even as the first wave hit and the men around him began to die.There was a dark logic to it. Have your slave convince the Akielons to fight. Let your enemies do your fighting for you, the casualties taken by the people you despise, the Regent defeated or weakened, and the armies of Nikandros wiped out.It wasn't until the second wave hit them from the north-west that he realised they were totally alone.

A kingdom, or this?

Time unslid the knot of any last ribbon of tension.

I'm glad you're here,' said Laurent. 'I always thought that I'd have to face my uncle alone.' He turned to look at Damen, and their eyes met.'You're not alone,' said Damen.Laurent didn't answer, but he did give a smile, and reached out to touch Damen, wordlessly.

I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,

How can you trust me, after what your own brother did to you?""Because he was false", said Damen, "and you are true. I have never known a truer man.

How can you trust me, after what your own brother did to you?’‘Because he was false,’ said Damen, ‘and you are true. I have never known a truer man.

Interrupted, the kiss was alive between them, in dark eyes and heartbeats.

Once [your romantic leads] have kissed, you don’t get any pay-off from a second kiss. In fact, you risk reducing the tension. Every step forward has to up the stakes. But if the stakes go too high too early, it becomes a tension arms race. Escalate too soon and you’ve got all-out nuclear war in chapter four and scorched romantic earth for the rest of the story