Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)

by Leigh Bardugo

“I’m pragmatic. If I were cruel, I’d give him a eulogy instead of a conversation.

“My mother is Ketterdam. She birthed me in the harbor. And my father is profit. I honor him daily. Be back by nightfall or don’t come back at all.

Matthias wasn’t entirely comfortable with how good they both were at being taken prisoner.

“If I flirted with a plant, you can bet it would stand up and take notice. Are you jealous?”

And that was what destroyed you in the end: the longing for something you could never have.