Zafira bint Iskandar Quotes

“For in a caliphate where a woman’s actions were always in danger of being turned against her, there was nothing easy about pretending to be a man.”

“Paranoia had a way of visiting when he was least desired.”

“She hated the Arz. She hated it so much, she craved it.”

“If there was one thing she feared more than losing herself within the Arz, it was being caught unaware by a man who could prove she was no hunter but a huntress, a girl of seventeen concealed beneath the weight of her father’s hooded cloak every time she hunted.”

“Then she would be shunned, her victories derided. Her identity, viscously unraveled.”

“Despite their fear, they had followed, for pride was a dangerous thing.”

“It wasn’t a roar Zafira heard. Something else beckoned from the darkness, enticing her. Growing with her every visit. It was as if a thread of her heart had snagged in the forest and was trying to reel her back in.”