To Clutch a Razor (Curse Bearer, #2)

by Veronica Roth

But they don’t love him, Niko thinks. Because if love doesn’t allow change, then what the fuck is that love worth?

Trauma doesn’t ask whether the person experiencing it is a sympathetic figure or not, after all.

“What you will always be to me now,” he says, “is my sister, who I love and want to be safe. Understand?”

“I am an excellent negotiator,” she says. “So you can assume that when I’m not, it’s intentional. Show yourself out.”