190 Quotes by G.A. Aiken

The fact that he still breathes offends me.

She wants a truce.With me?Aye. She’s quite. . adamant about it. I can try to put her off until Ghleanna is at full strength but — No, no. See what her terms are.My Lady?I am not my mother, peacemaker. I can be reasonable. It’s a new time for us all. A new time of hope and of change and of — You want access to the coast so you can attack the Lightnings, don’t you?And it is time for those barbarian Lightnings to bow down before me.

I'm in charge," she reminded him."And our father always says if you have to remind your team of that . . .

What are we doing with him?" Briec asked eagerly. "Are we throwing him out a window? Let's throw him out a window! Or off the roof!

Found naked with a few of his grandfather’s kitchen maids? Hisfather’s claw right to the back of the head. Suggest that when his motherwas in human form she may want to stay away from things that broughtout the largeness of her ass? His father’s claw right to the back of the head.Set up a small eightieth birthday party for his youngest brother Éibhear thatinvolved a few of the local brothel girls? His mother’s claw right to theback of the head.

It wasn’t the first time he’d run for his life. And it most likely wouldnot be the last. In the past few decades, though, he’d mostly run fromangry fathers who’d found him where they felt he should not be. Or he’drun from town guards—sent by angry fathers who’d found him where theyfelt he should not be.

You are, however, surprisingly light of touch.”“Pardon?”“The way you’re holding my hand. I always thought you’d be more of a mauler. Like a diseased wolf chewing the knuckles off me fist.”“That’s very nice.”“Not really.”“I was being sarcastic.”“Oh. I see. Where are we?

Now”—she leaned in a bit—“would you like to go flying with Grandmum before we take you home, so you can watch her toss cows around for no other reason than her own amusement?”“Sounds unnecessarily cruel.”“Exactly!” Rhiannon used her tail to place her granddaughter on her back. “See? Already you’re learning what it means to be part of this family.

Éibhear isn’t my friend. He’s kin. A blood relation.”“Which means what exactly?”“To a Cadwaladr, it means that if I have good cause, I could beat the scales off his back and get away with it.