27 Quotes by C.S. Pacat about damen
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You came', said Laurent.'You knew I would', said Damen.'If you need an army to take your capital', said Laurent, 'I seem to have one'Damen let out a strange breath. They were gazing at each other. Laurent said, 'after all, I owe you a fort
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All right. Give me some coin. I want to play that man at cards.’Laurent rose, leaning his weight against the table. Damen reached for the purse, then paused.‘Aren’t you supposed to earn gifts with service?’Laurent said, ‘Is there something you want?’His voice was sinuous with promise; his gaze was steady as a cat’s.
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Don't think, he'd said, because it was easier than saying, Take me for who I am.He couldn't bear that suddenly. He wanted it without pretences, without excuses, his fingers curling hard into Laurent's hair.'It's me,' said Damen. 'It's me, here with you. Say my name.''Damianos.
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You seem to vacillate between assistance and assault. Which is it?''I'm not surprised you've driven three men to try and kill you, I'm only surprised there weren't more,' said Damen, bluntly.'There were,' said Laurent, 'more.
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What makes you think Kastor is the weaker man? you don't know him.' 'But I'm coming to know you,' said Laurent.
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Damen said, 'Men, sometimes.''In the absence of women?''When I want them.''If I'd known that, I might have felt a frisson of danger, lying next to you.''You did know that,' said Damen
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Friends,' said Laurent, 'Is that what we are?'[...]Damen said, with helpless honesty, 'Laurent, I am your slave.
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So he's tame,' said Estienne, and reached out tentatively, as though to pat a wild animal.It was a question of which part of the animal he was patting. Damen cknocked his hand away. Estienne gave a yelp and snatched his hand back, nursing it against his chest.'No that tame,' said Laurent.
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Trust you?' said Damen. 'You flayed the skin from my back. I have seen you do nothing but cheat and lie to every person you've encountered. You use anything and anyone to further your own ends. You are the last person I would ever trust.'[...]'Go, then.
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