A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos #0.1)

by Samantha Shannon

‘That isn’t true. I know she can be stern with you, but you are the most precious person in her world.’ ‘A necklace is precious,’ Glorian said, her voice thin and brittle. ‘You do not love a necklace. You only show it off and keep it safe.’

‘The Nameless One was a story, Princess,’ Nikeya said, her face almost swallowed by her hood. ‘We will all be stories one day, and I’d want someone to believe we existed. Wouldn’t you?’