"'I don't want to be married at all!'"
Chap. 1, p. 16

"'It really is strange, you coming along when you did,' she told him. 'I expect I'd have been found before dark or gotten resigned to the situation and gone back to the Holding myself.'"
Chap. 2, p. 35

"'You're among friends here, never doubt it. We've been waiting for you, you know! You and Rolan were a welcome sight to these eyes.'"
Chap. 3, p. 63

"Should she frighten the child, perhaps needlessly, or should she leave her in ignorance of the intrigues going on all around her?"
Chap. 4, p. 86

"'For the most part we are very much honored in this Kingdom; but being a Herald can also be a fatal occupation.'"
Chap. 5, p. 117

"Once in her Companion's presence, the ache of loneliness vanished..."
Chap. 6, p. 144

"They were only waiting for Talia to make the mistake of...