The Final Strife (The Ending Fire Trilogy #1)

by Saara El-Arifi

love gives you strength, but retribution gives you purpose.”

Sacrifices must be made in order to ensure economic stability within the empire; blood will always flow when an empire thrives.

carried away from the scene before her. But she’d seen enough rippings

“Those who know tell.

Appreciate the home you have in life. And the home you will earn in death.

Tell them they are lesser. And they will feel lesser. Show them they are nothing. And they will be nothing. Take their identity. And they will be no one.

I find poisons to be a rewarding course of study. The silent nature of their effects and the subtlety of the concoctions require a keen eye and a keener mind. Generally, I prefer the term medicine to poison. Sometimes death is the only treatment that should be prescribed.