Chapter 60

• It was hard to smile at a woman who I knew would not hesitate to harm me if she thought she could get away with it. In the first place, I disliked pretence but these days, all I did was pretend. Thus, I could not be bothered to return her smile.
• “My dear,” the Luna Queen said, her lips smiling but her eyes hard. “I have been quite curious about you.”
• “It is a pleasure to know that the mother of Deimos has any interest in me.” I hoped my flat tone was not considered disrespectful.