The Wrath & the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)

by Renée Ahdieh

For without a measure of arrogance, how can one attempt the impossible?”

“What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered. “If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest. “No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me.”

“If you are just one girl, I am just one boy.”

“My soul sees its equal in you.”

For nothing, not the sun, not the rain, not even the brightest star in the darkest sky, could begin to compare to the wonder of you.