The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)

by Sarah J. Maas

“I’m going to retrieve Ben’s body.” A muscle feathered in Sam’s jaw, though he wisely kept his eyes averted. “But don’t expect me to extend the same courtesy to the rest of you when your time comes.”

Yrene pulled back. “I’m no thief.” A roguish grin. “If you want something, then go take it.”

This girl wasn’t like wildfire—she was wildfire.

The gods had vanished, her mother had once claimed. But had they? Had it been some god who had visited tonight, clothed in the skin of a battered young woman?

Gods or fate or just pure coincidence and kindness, it was a gift. This was a gift. The world was wide-open—wide-open and hers for the taking, if she dared. She could go to Antica, attend the Torre Cesme, go anywhere she wished. If she dared. Yrene smiled. An hour later, no one stopped Yrene Towers as she walked out of the White Pig and never looked back.

Hoped that an assassin’s jewel would pay for a healer’s education.