Confessor: Chainfire Trilogy Part 3

ready to fight what the brute obvioush intended.
Richard was standing right there instead.

When Richard spotted Nicci standing next to her, he missed a step.

long as there's life, there's the potential that we can change things for the better. A

I liked all the things you said about Richard Rahl. This Richard sounds like my kind of man."

"Don't be ashamed," Kahlan said.
Nicci frowned a little. "What do you mean?"
"You should never be ashamed to be a victim. It wasn't through any fault of yours. The only thing you should feel is anger at such a violation. You didn't do anything to encourage it. It was rape, just as you said it was."

Thank you, but it doesn't seem beautiful to me. Sometimes I think I sound like a frog."

This was a woman the equal of Richard.

For a brief moment, their eyes met. In that fleeting instant, Kahlan realized that even though he hadn't looked her way once throughout the game, he had known exactly where she had been the entire time.

As she did so, and the hood of her cloak moved just enough, Richard saw the dark bruise on her left cheek.

Richard caught a brief glint of reflection off the blade. He wanted to laugh out loud, to cheer, but he didn't dare move a muscle.