Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

by Rachel Gillig

“For the Spirit of the Wood to help me make Blunder a kingdom of abundance—of magic. That she might give me the tools I need to shepherd the land and its people.”

“I’d be your King, but always your servant. Never your keeper.”

“Human life is short. You are not as a tree, stoic and unyielding, but a butterfly. Delicate, fleeting. Inconsequential.”

I wanted to see what it tasted like, being honest.” “And?” “Bitter.”