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Matelon gripped both her hands. “We are soldiers, ” he said. “We are not game pieces on a board. Don’t let them play us. Give this thing a chance.” Lyss gently pulled free. “You’re wrong, Captain, ” she said. “We never had a chance. At the end of the day, that is all that we are–game pieces. If you don’t know that by now, you soon will.Cinda Williams Chima
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The northern soldiers are just men, ” Hal told the men in his command. “And women, ” he amended. “When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.Cinda Williams Chima
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Even when we win, we lose, Lyss thought.Cinda Williams Chima
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Even if the job you’re assigned is not to your liking, a Matelon will see it done.Cinda Williams Chima