Excerpt - page 207: "... be this way, as it is the nature of a viper to bite and poison. They cannot help it any more than can the viper." Seeing that the Prince's objections were wavering, Calis ..."
Excerpt - page 242: "... are not destitute of humanity." Half of him was a viper, a ruthless survivor, and the other half was a lost prince consumed with nostalgia. "I did ugly things for Taofik. ..."