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

by Sabaa Tahir

Fear does not rule me as it once did. But some days it stalks me with the ire of a jilted lover.

“Why me?” I ask. “Why do we have to change and not you? Why do we have to become less human instead of you becoming more so?”

A pathetic, human notion—that by drowning in guilt and regret, one can atone for any crime, no matter how despicable.