A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

by Sabaa Tahir

Elias lifts his head and looks down at me, the coolness in his eyes replaced by that raw, unquenchable fire. I forget to breathe.

“You are my temple,” I murmur as I kneel beside her. “You are my priest. You are my prayer. You are my release.”

“I didn’t die because of you. I died because I wanted to save someone else. Don’t you dare take that away from me.”

I love Izzi