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“His grin widens, shows teeth. 'I don't think I will be a good king. I never wanted to be one, certainly not a good one. You made me your puppet. Very well, Jude, daughter of Madoc, I will be your puppet. You rule. You contend with Balekin, with Roiben, with Orlagh of the Undersea. You be my seneschal, do the work, and I will drink wine and make my subjects laugh. I may be the useless shield you put in front of your brother, but don't expect me to start being useful.'

I expected something else, a direct threat, perhaps. Somehow, this is worse.

He rises from the throne. 'Come, have a seat.' His voice is replete with danger, lush with menace. The flowering branches have sprouted thorns so thickly that petals are barely visible.

'This is what you wanted, isn't it?' he asks. 'What you sacrificed everything for. Go on. It's all yours.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Beware the perfumed seneschal.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Power is infectious. Power is greedy.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“You've delivered your message. I have no big of doggerel to send back- my own fault for having a seneschal who cannot double as my Court Poet- but I will be sure to crumple up some paper and drop it into the water when I do.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“He would never lose his only friend and family for something so materialistic. He was even fine if Rufus wanted the whole throne, he would become the seneschal and guide him in times of misery.”
― Gauri Sharma, Of Vengeance and Ashes