Chapter 797

• Daphne didn't flinch. She traced the rim of her gold-edged plate with a long, elegant finger.
• "I think," she said softly, "that we are forgetting that Tedmond isn't the only Washington who has changed. Persis has been in the gym for a week. Maya doesn't train people to be subjects; she trains them to be executioners.”
• “If we abolish the rules now, we aren't just starting a war. We are removing the only leash that keeps Tedmond from burning the ports to the ground just to see the light."