_One Dark Throne_ by Kendare Blake
Male Fragility/ Toxic Masculinity "A little sport," Natalia says. "They will be impressed by your riding prowess and your skill with a bow. But I think you will find their mainland stomachs less at ease with a bride who excels at knife throwing." "Is that so?" Katherine laughs. "Are they really so frail?" "I hope not all of them," Genevieve says quietly. p69 One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake _______________________________________ "Natalia prefers that I poison from the safety of her bosom," she [Katherine] says. "That is how the Arrons like to do it. Quiet and refined. Nothing pleases them more than pleasant dinner conversation that ends when someone's face falls dead on their plate." Nicolas lets his eyes move over her body. "There is charm in that," he says. "But I would see your hands around their throats. A memory to take with me on the night of our marriage." p136 One Dark...