Minimum Wage Magic (DFZ, #1)

by Rachel Aaron

I was willing to do anything to me!” I yelled. “I’m the one who’s trapped, but just because I’m willing to gnaw my arm off to get free doesn’t mean I’m willing to gnaw off someone else’s! If the cost of my freedom is selling babies into slavery, then it’s not freedom at all. I’m just trading one prison for another. A worse one, because I can hate my dad all day long, but I’m not willing to hate myself.”

I also know that money isn’t everything. I know this, because I tried to buy freedom and integrity and love, and I couldn’t. But while you can’t buy them, you can absolutely sell them. That’s why I’m fighting you so hard on this. You’re about to sell something that money can’t buy. That’s a bad deal, Nik, and I’d be a worthless business partner if I let you take it.”