56 Quotes by R.L. LaFevers

The first book I opened looked promising – Mummies and Their Secrets by Sir Lynn N. Bandage.

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one’s hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

The requirements for covert operations weren’t for the faint-hearted or overly modest, let me tell you.

As far as I can tell, it doesn’t make any difference to adults how clever children are. They always stick together. Unless you are sick or dying or mortally wounded, they will always side with the other adult.

People hear and see what they expect to hear and see.

Do you need anything before I go? I want you to return my wits, I long to say.

Reluctantly, I headed for the stairs. I wasn’t dawdling. Not exactly. Just giving Father a bit of time to calm down.

He does not start guiltily, as he should, but frowns in annoyance. “Who are you?” I slip my hand through the slit of my overskirt, and my fingers close around the hard wood of the crossbow tiller. “Vengeance,” I say softly.

I stare at him coldly. “I do not care for needlework.” I pause. “Unless it involves the base of the skull.