Reality and logic don’t matter to her. She needs this so badly, failure isn’t even in the realm of possibilities. - Tomi Adeyemi

“Everyone else feels like being caught in the rain. You’re the whole tsunami.

All these years I thought Father was a monster, but what if ruling this kingdom forced him to act that way?

I cannot end it like this. If I do that, I’m no better than him. Orïsha will not survive by employing his tactics. Father must be taken down, but it is too much to drive my sword through his heart—Father pulls back his blade. Momentum carries me forward. Before I can pivot, Father swings his sword around and the blade rips across my back.