What are you smiling at?”

I whirled, peering into the gloom. The Darkling’s voice seemed to float out of the shadows. He walked down to the stream, crouching on the bank to splash water on his face and through his dark hair.

“Well?” he asked, looking up at me.

“Myself,” I admitted.

“Are you that funny?”

“I’m hilarious.


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"Really?"
"It's always just you and me, Alina.
LEIGH BARDUGO
A moment later the boy whispered, "I don't think you're ugly."
"Shhhh!" the girl hissed. But hi...
LEIGH BARDUGO
Sturmhond had a way of talking that made me want to shoot someone. Preferably him.
LEIGH BARDUGO
If it were a trick, I'd promise you safety. I'd offer you happiness. I don't know if that exists in ...
LEIGH BARDUGO
The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?
LEIGH BARDUGO
I am grateful you're alive", he said. "I am grateful that you're beside me. I am grateful that you'r...
LEIGH BARDUGO
He was a wounded animal who needed to be put down. And Kaz had done it gladly, choked the life from ...
LEIGH BARDUGO
I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the be...
LEIGH BARDUGO
I have been made to protect you. Even in death, I will find a way.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Jesper couldn’t quite believe he was having a conversation with the Sturmhond. The privateer was a...
LEIGH BARDUGO
Her heart was a river that carried her to the sea.
LEIGH BARDUGO
He'd told her they would fight their way out. Knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we ...
LEIGH BARDUGO
Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.
LEIGH BARDUGO
The thought filled me with grief, grief for the dreams we'd shared, for the love I'd felt, for the h...
LEIGH BARDUGO
Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe?�...
LEIGH BARDUGO
He'd broken his leg dropping down from the rooftop. The bone didn't set right, and he'd limped ever ...
LEIGH BARDUGO
You don’t look like a monster.”
“I’ll tell you a secret, Hanna. The really bad monster...
LEIGH BARDUGO
If Ketterdam has taught me anything, it's that you can always bleed a little more.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Nina Zenik, as soon as I figure out where you've put my knives, we're going to have words."
LEIGH BARDUGO
Baghra," Nikolai said, "how are you this evening?"
"Still old and blind," she snarled.
"An...
LEIGH BARDUGO
What you want and what the world needs are not always in accord.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Fear is a powerful ally, but feed it too often, make it too strong, and it will turn on you.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Pull your shirt up over your mouth,” he told Wylan.
“What?”
“Stop being dense. You...
LEIGH BARDUGO
The trap is loneliness, and none of us escapes it. Not even me.
LEIGH BARDUGO
I need your skills, Inej. That's not the same thing. You may be the best spider crawling around the ...
LEIGH BARDUGO
Thoughts of moonlight and silken hair evaporated in a black bolt of fury. Kaz saw Inej tug on the sl...
LEIGH BARDUGO
You have your own problems right now, Zenik, said a voice in her head. Stop worrying about saving th...
LEIGH BARDUGO, CROOKED KINGDOM
I'm vegetarian, but I love Thanksgiving dinner: faux turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.
LEIGH LEZARK