Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)

by Leigh Bardugo

else. He had seen a woman, barefoot and unflinching in her doorway, face down a row of bayonets. He knew the look of a man defending his home with nothing but a rock in his hand.

“Of course I make mistakes,” he said. His mouth curved into a half smile. “Just not often.”

anyway? Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with you for a while there. Make sure to write!

“I’ve been waiting for you a long time, Alina,” he said. “You and I are going to change the world.”

It was time to let go. That day on the Shadow Fold, Mal had saved my life, and I had saved his. Maybe that was meant to be the end of us.

Just … be careful.” I stared at her, baffled. “Of what?” “Of powerful men.”

“The problem with wanting,” he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, “is that it makes us weak.”

“I’m sorry it took me so long to see you, Alina. But I see you now.”

“Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”