" What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered. “If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest. “No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me. "

― Renée Ahdieh , The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)