The Road of Bones (The Ashen #1)

by Demi Winters

Silla clenched her teeth. He was just like the rest of them, those who thought strength was simply a measure of how hard you swung your sword. He underestimated her resilience. He equated her niceness with weakness.

It takes a small man to be ruled by fear and a large one to show mercy.

Jonas would stifle her when what she needed was for someone to…lift her. Empower her. And Jonas had taken advantage of her—a fact that did not sit well with Rey, no matter how much Jonas claimed to care for her. She’d been alone, had just lost her father. It had a slippery feel to Rey.