A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas

“I’m thinking that I was a lonely, hopeless person, and I might have fallen in love with the first thing that showed me a hint of kindness and safety.

It’d just been a relief to think that for a moment, he might have been as lonely as me.

“Did you and Varian …?” “Tempting, but no. The prick can’t decide if he hates or wants me.” “Why can’t it be both?” A low chuckle. “Indeed.”

And I realized—I realized how badly I’d been treated before, if my standards had become so low. If the freedom I’d been granted felt like a privilege and not an inherent right.