The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath & the Dawn, #2)

by Renée Ahdieh

“You’re better than beautiful.” Rahim took a careful breath. “You’re interesting. Never forget that.”

In that moment of perfect balance, she understood. This peace? These worries silenced without effort? It was because they were two parts of a whole. He did not belong to her. And she did not belong to him. It was never about belonging to someone. It was about belonging together.

True strength isn’t about sovereignty. It’s about knowing when you need help and having the courage to accept it.”

Understood what it meant to feel at home wherever you were. To feel as though you belonged in any moment, at any place, in any time.