Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB over at Should be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

The Court of the Midnight King, Freda Warrington

"I don't understand anything south of the Trent," he said darkly. "Here, things are simple. I carry out the law with fairness and, I hope, good sense, and I ensure that all my subjects can feed and clothe themselves. What more is there? But no, in the south there are half a dozen factions trying to eat each other up with jealousy, hatred, and sorcery. God, I'm glad to be out of it."

"Yes, Kate, I'm sorry." His hand came out of the darkness and found hers, pressing it to the stone. His voice was husky. "That you endured such misery at the hands of my brother - tenfold what he caused Anne, for he wasn't so crazed then - I can't tell you how ashamed I am. But I must know what happened. This is why I wanted to speak with you alone. It's desperately important. I've heard some of it, so outlandish is surpasses belief. Would you tell me what really happened?"