Chapter 9: Shadow and Bone By Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov an orphan from the war that has ravaged her country for over a century, is in the first army with her best friend, and fellow orphan, Mal. When their ship is attacked in the Fold and Mal is seriously injured Alina releases a hidden power that she has suppressed her whole life. When the Darkling, the leader of the Grisha, a magical elite army, hears of her powers he immediately sends her to his castle to train her. Her sun summoning powers might be the only thing that can save her country. As Alina spends time training around the Darkling, feelings start to grow between the two. Then one night everything that Alaina thought she knew of her new world is thrown out the window as she learns the truth about the Darkling and his plans for her. Now Alina faces a difficult path ahead fighting for what is right for her entire country and what is right for her heart. Can she find a way to do both?