Trial of Bronze and Blood (Bronze and Blood Saga, #1)

by M.K. Deoradhán

a duty-bound assassin made cynical by the shitty world around her.

Dark spirits haunt her now, turning down her mouth and deadening the spark in her warm brown eyes, muting the gilded rings inside them.

“You’ve suffered more than enough.” Dru offers her a smile. “Then what’s a little more?”

“Never feel guilty for a choice someone else made.”

you don’t owe anyone for taking care of your most basic needs.”