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

by Sarah J. Maas

The location of the Assassins’ Keep was a well-guarded secret, one she’d been trained to keep until her last breath. But even if she didn’t, no one was likely to believe that an elegant manor house on a very respectable street in Rifthold was home to some of the greatest assassins in the world. What better place to hide than in the middle of the capital city?

because you’re afraid of dealing with people?” “I’m the world’s greatest assassin.” She lifted her chin. “I’m not afraid of anyone.” “Really?” Rolfe asked. “Because I’m the world’s greatest pirate, and I’m afraid of a great number of people. That’s how I’ve managed to stay alive for so long.”

Life isn’t easy, no matter where you are. You’ll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them.”

“Tomorrow will be better. It might be only a foot more than today, but it will be a foot longer that you can run.”

“If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it—to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger.

“I have no name,” she purred. “I am whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.” He grasped her by her wrist, running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. “Then let me call you Mine for a dance or two.”