Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)

by Rebecca Yarros

And yet…if all of it hadn’t happened, would we still be us? Or is the miracle of our relationship the result of a precise combination of tragedies that broke us both so completely that when we collided, we became something entirely new?

“Do not worry for him,” Tairn orders. “He wins no matter how this battle goes.”

“You are our lightning wielder, and while your life may not matter more than other riders’, your signet does. You are the weapon and will have to learn to accept the sacrifice of others in your name if you want to win this war.”