The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)

by N.K. Jemisin

It’s so reasonable that you don’t know why you didn’t even consider it. Well, you know why. Ykka might be an orogene like you, but you spent too many years being thwarted and betrayed by other orogenes at the Fulcrum; you know better than to trust her just because she’s Your People. You should give her a chance because she’s Your People, though.

Ykka lowers her hand. Her jaw is tight. “Denying what you are didn’t keep people from knowing what you are.” “And flaunting it isn’t what saved you.”