An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

by Sabaa Tahir

“I live with my sins every day.” He throws down the tongs and turns to me. “I live with the guilt. But there are two kinds of guilt, girl: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.

He smiles when he sees me coming, drops his weapon and waits as if the edge of my blade is a gift.

Among these walls, all that remains of the fallen is the emptiness of where they walked, the silence where their voices rang.