Carolina

“If you wish to be remembered, I whispered, why would we destroy our audience? You say you want to be powerful. That is what I want, too. How does one gain power? {By wielding it.} Magic flared as Reshaye threw itself against my thoughts, nearly shaking my control, but I held it back. By becoming a god, I murmured. And letting them live to become believers. Esmaris’s voice unfurled in my mind like smoke: Dead men don’t remember your name.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods