Princess Anna was never more than a few steps away from him. He was beginning to feel like a besieged castle. The man should be the arrow, and the woman should be the target. Here, however, it seemed that the target was flying around trying to run into the arrow. There was something wrong about it.

Children should not repeat their parents’ mistakes, especially if their parents are around to warn them.

My lady, your mercy in this matter is beyond what I can understand. Adulteresses must be chased from their villages.

People generally forget the things they are ashamed of, but no one ever forgets an insult.

You can’t keep her down, and you won’t get away with it.

In her previous life, Aliya had read somewhere that technology should never be allowed to outrun morality. Otherwise, the clock will strike Armageddon, and both God and the Devil will turn tail and run.

technology should never be allowed to outrun morality.

It was horrible to watch a man being tortured. She felt like something inside her own soul was cracking, something that would never heal.

Her new world had no telephones, internet or indoor plumbing. The customs were bloody and the laws were harsh. A man who tried to hurt a child faced a horrifying death. Women were not allowed to fight, because it wasn’t women’s work. Men were supposed to kill and die. That was what they knew. In the world she had come from, everything was convenient, people felt safe most of the time, and if anyone died protecting a child it was likely to be a woman. Which world is more honest?