The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

by S.A. Chakraborty

Then Banu Manizheh had bluntly pointed out that if he could fight for a woman, he could fight beside one,

“I’ve had enough of men hurting me because they were upset.”

“I need no man to put ideas in my head,”

“Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend,” she said softly. “Trust me when I say the chance doesn’t always come back.”