In the Likely Event

by Rebecca Yarros

“I have one weakness on this entire planet, and you’re feet away when you’re supposed to be halfway round the globe.”

“If no one’s trying to kill you here, then that means I’m doing my job over there. That’s how I choose to look at it, how I have to look at it.”

“You know the best part of not defining this?” “My begrudging freedom?” I muttered. He laughed. “No. The possibilities, Izzy. That’s what we are. Possibility.”