![]() I’ve always been partial to novel characters who, even if they breathe and walk in imaginary realms and made-up universes, they display rich inner worlds and even more so if these inner worlds help un-taboo mental health issues and raise awareness. At least, I thought I was, until I realized she was actually fighting beside me. ▪ I was part of the circle that protected the Queen. That she must carry with her forever, a belief that she had been tricked and used by a selfish lying boy who lacked even the courage to fight for her. ▪ What she could not leave behind was what I had done to her belief in herself. ![]() “If I had loved her, I would love her still.” ▪ “I am not a changeable man,” he told me. ▪ “The man that went would have to be very trustworthy and strong of will.” “Such a man sounds like a woman to me,” Kettricken quipped. ![]() And now, comes a woman, to take the tiller and cry the course. ![]() ▪ We have been rudderless and drifted, pounded by the waves and pushed by every wind. ‘Royal Assassin’ book cover © HarperVoyager ![]()
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