Bloodmarked (Legendborn, #2)

by Tracy Deonn

“You won’t say it out loud, but I will,” I say. “I am the Scion of Arthur by rape. I am your proof.”

The Legendborn legacy isn’t power; it’s violence.”

You don’t need the sword, Bree. You are the sword. Their sword. Our sword.”

“Black folks don’t need Oaths to take care of each other. We never did.”

“No other Merlin can protect you like I can, because no other Merlin feels about you the way I do. I want you to live, because I want you to be happy. Not because of a spell, but because so very many things would break and go dark if you weren’t in the world. Myself included.”