A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

by Sabaa Tahir

I’d give so much to be this close to her and not be poisoned or hunted, injured or haunted.

Most successful missions are just a series of barely averted disasters.”

Pop used to say that standing by someone during their darkest times creates a bond. A sense of obligation that is less a weight and more a gift. I feel tied to Elias now. I do not want him to shut me out.

Elias felt like silver, a bolt of adrenaline beneath a cold, clear dawn.

The word changes utterly when he says it in that voice, no longer a name but a plea, a prayer.