Valka/Introduction

"Which path should I take?" he asked. "Which one is safe?"

"Take one, and you cannot take the other," she said. "But neither path is safe. Which way would you walk — the way of hard truths or the way of fine lies?"
"Truths," he said. "I've come too far for more lies."
She looked sad. "There will be a price, then," she said.

Shadow & Zorya Polunochnaya

Neil Gaiman - American Gods