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" I’m a monster,” she’d said. “My magic does nothing but kill.”
“Your magic protects, Sable. It protects, and it destroys, but that doesn’t mean it has to destroy the peace. The sooner you learn to master your gift, the sooner you can use it to help those in need.” Still, she’d shaken her head.
“Fine,” he’d said. “But mark my words, one day you will show the world who and what you are. And when that day comes, you will not be afraid. Burn entire forests. Turn winter into summer. Melt the damned North if you must. And when you stand there, upon ground that hasn’t seen the sun in centuries, I want you to smile. Because only you can do that, Sable. Only you.”
That day hadn’t come yet, but maybe it would. One day. "
― Kayla Edwards , Dreams of Ice and Iron (Ice and Iron, #1)