Cannot a Beast be tamed?

“Don't let the title mislead you," Arlbeth told her. "The king is simply the vis…”

“Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary en…”

“She laughed at him then, because he sounded like a small boy, not like a very l…”

“There was a certain bitter humor to lying awake wishing for something one canno…”