“My mother had raised me on a thousand stories of girls who were saved by the Djinn, princesses rescued from towers, peasant girls rescued from poverty.Turned out, stories were just stories.I was on my own.”
Alwyn Hamilton“I barged through the palace, dripping a trail of blood behind me as I held the dead bird by the neck.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne“My mother had raised me on a thousand stories of girls who were saved by the Djinn, princesses rescued from towers, peasant girls rescued from poverty.Turned out, stories were just stories.I was on my own.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne“It was a bad idea to play chicken with someone who'd known you your whole life. Nobody came out a winner.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne“I seemed to still be alive. Which was unexpected. I'd feel good about it when I stopped retching my insides up.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne“We were going to get Ahmed back. And Rahim back. And Shazad. And Delila. And all the others who had been captured. And we were going to end this.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Hero at the Fall“I hated the quiet. I could hear my fears that much louder for it.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne“I put a knife in your hand and your first instinct was to stab me.""You tried to stab me first," I objected without thinking.”
Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne“You know, I never believed in fate until I met you... then I started thinking coincidence didn't have near so cruel a sense of humor”
Alwyn Hamilton, Rebel of the Sands