One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns, #2)

by Kendare Blake

I have been eating poison since I was a child. Now I am practically made of it.”

“Have they not heard?” she asks. “You cannot kill what is already dead.”

“They throw them into the Breccia for the island to eat. And may I tell you a secret?” Katharine’s lips press to Mirabella’s ear, almost like a kiss. “They are tired of it.”