Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)

by Sarah J. Maas

All he had was an unmarked grave for a healer no one would remember, a broken empire, and a shattered castle.

It had been his honor. From the very beginning, it had been his honor, the greatest of his immortal life.

It is the strength of this that matters. No matter where you are, no matter how far, this will lead you home.

She wiped at her face again. “The male I fell in love with was you. It was you, who knew pain as I did, and who walked with me through it, back to the light. Maeve didn’t understand that. That even if she could create that perfect world, it wouldn’t be you with me. And I’d never trade that, trade this. Not for anything.”

“You didn’t know, did you?” A click of her tongue. “The Lion will roar no longer, his life the asking price for defending his cub.”