Children Of Blood And Bone

Chapter 63 - Zélie
“You know what intrigues me about your kind? You always start in the middle
of the story. As if my father didn’t fight for your rights. As if you maggots didn’t
burn my family alive.”
“You can’t enslave an entire people for the rebellion of a few.”
Saran bares his teeth. “You can do whatever you want when you’re the king.”

- The message I take way from this is...that you can never know the full truth. There is always a reason behind, ones doing. King Saran, was taking his long overdue revenge, on those who once took his family away from him. The line "you can do whatever you want when you're the king" basically is relating to abusing your power, taking advantage of the overruling you have. The king has been painted as this evil, monster who just wants everything his way making it hard for people to want to know, his story.