It was the sort of overly complex plan dreamed up by armchair manipulators who thought they could play chess with the universe and didn’t realize tha… - Genevieve Cogman

She was a Librarian, and the deepest, most fundamental part of her life involved a love of books. Right now, she wanted nothing more than to shut the rest of the world out and have nothing to worry about except the next page of whatever she was reading.

I dislike the fact that she treated you like a servant," Kai commented. His voice had an undertone to it that promised reprisals.
"Leave it for the moment," Irene said wearily. "I'm not going to waste my time feeling insulted. And don't you think we've got more serious problems to consider? Much more serious problems?

I think the time for blind trust is long over. Now I need answers.