Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds #2)

by Micaiah Johnson

Bitterness is anger with nowhere to go. Bitterness and resignation are close and tempting cousins. Anger with a target is Rage, and Rage is sister to Hope alone. We rage because we do believe things can be better, by fire if necessary.

Come join me, Rage says, at this spark that is lit by the distance between what the world is, and what we could make it.

The night is long and dark, Rage says, but I will keep us warm.

i did not come to preach of peace for that’s not the hunted’s duty. —Danez Smith