The Assassin and the Empire (Throne of Glass, #0.5)

by Sarah J. Maas

My name is Sam Cortland … and I will not be afraid.

“My name is Celaena Sardothien, and I will not be afraid.”

She was fire,

Brash, foolish fire flared up, and turned her—just for a moment—into that girl again.

And yet he was here, glowing like a beacon in the moonlight. He was here. And so was she.