A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3)

by Sabaa Tahir

“If you didn’t need protection, it would be because no one saw you as a threat. Needing protection is not a weakness. Refusing to trust your allies is.”

“For I was born to love. It was my calling, my purpose. Now it is my curse.

Curse this world for what it does to the mothers, for what it does to the daughters.