Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

I touch the haemanthus blossom in my pocket and feel the wedding band around my neck. They didn’t create me. She did.

“Is this the first time you’ve lost at something?” No answer. I frown. “Well, that must be embarrassing.”

“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”

I am the spark that will set the worlds afire. I am the hammer that cracks the chains.