And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)

by Kiersten White

Try to be like this beautiful idiot. The sooner you stop fighting, the easier your life will be. This is what your purpose is.”

she knew she could never truly leave it behind. It pulsed in her veins, beating through her. “I love Wallachia. It belongs to me, and I belong to it. It is my country, and it should always be mine, and I hate any king or sultan or god or prophet that proclaims anyone else has any right to it.”

Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon.