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Queen

by Aimee Carter · 2015

PAWN...CAPTIVE...QUEEN? Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's… more

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I earned those scars. I'm keeping them.
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I realized death isn't the worst thing. It's the last thing. And endings are hard, that's all.
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Sometimes you have to sacrifice your queen to capture the king.
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He is an idiot," I said. "One who thinks he's a genius/ They're the most dangerous kind." "No, the most dangerous kind are the ones with power," he said.
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He's my family, and you don't just push family aside for some itch you want to scratch. That's not how real love works. Real love is support, even when you're fighting. Real love in honesty, even when the truth hurts like hell. Real love is being there through every miserable minute and every indefinite minute.
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I won't lie and say it's been easy, but nothing worth having ever is, right?
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It only takes one voice to give others the chance to see possibilities.
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It's not about the credit. It's about making a difference. And we all did that together.
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One chance is all we need.
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What made you wake up one morning and decide to try to take down the United States government?
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Real love is support, even when you’re fighting. Real love is honesty, even when the truth hurts like hell. Real love is being there through every miserable minute and every infinite moment. Real love is—it’s sitting in that cage together with a gun pointed at your head, knowing all you have to do to save your life is kill him, and instead you hold each other because living without him isn’t living at all.
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You're perfect exactly the way you are." I smiled again and let my eyes fall shut. "Damn straight.
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Together, we will prevail, and we will be free.
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There's a very thin line between rightfully protesting, and protesting so much that it becomes clear you're trying to hide something.

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PAWN...CAPTIVE...QUEEN?

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege—or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade. Not in these United States, where each person's rank means the difference between luxury and poverty, freedom and fear...and ultimately, between life and death.

To defeat the corrupt government, Kitty must expose Daxton's secret. Securing evidence will put others in jeopardy, including the boy she's loved forever and an ally she barely trusts. For months, Kitty's survival has hinged on playing a part. Now she must discover who she truly wants to be, and whether the new worl

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2015
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