Born of Blood and Ash (Flesh and Fire, #4)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I managed a smirk and lifted my left hand, extending my middle finger.

The choice to make war instead of going after only those who have made the decisions that created the conflict. That is brutality.”

You believe that staying uninvolved absolves you of responsibility for what will happen, but the thing is, Your Highness, doing nothing is doing something.”

“You don’t have to explain yourself. I’m just being irrationally jealous,”

Trauma stayed with you, sometimes returning at night or during the quieter parts of the day. Other times, it disappeared for days or weeks. But I was beginning to live with it. To acknowledge it and then handle it,