Jasnah Kholin személy
Idézetek
Amaram growled. “You insult my mother, Jasnah. You know how hard she worked to raise me to be the best soldier this kingdom has ever known.”
“Yes, from what I understand, she spent the seven months she was with child entertaining each and every military man she could find, in the hopes that something of them would stick to you.”
Meridas’s eyes widened, and his face flushed deeply. To their side, Shallan audibly gasped.
“You godless whore,” Amaram hissed, releasing her. “If you weren’t a woman…”
“If I weren’t a woman, I suspect we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Unless I were a pig. Then you’d be doubly interested.”
Jasnah Kholin úgy tett, mintha élvezné a mulatságot, és jelét sem adta, hogy szeretné megölni az egyik vendéget.
Prológus
Jasnah elhúzta a száját a gondolatra. Shallan mindig meglepődött, amikor érzelmeket látott az arcán. Az érzelmek emberiek voltak, és a lány gyakran szinte istenségként gondolt Kholinra. Persze mindig eszébe ötlött, hogy különös dolog így vélekedni egy megátalkodott istentagadóról.
51. oldal
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