A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty (Kingdom of Lies, #2)

by Stacia Stark

Hope was worth everything.

I never want you to feel like you’re not enough for me. Gods, you were enough the moment you took my hand in that dungeon while Tibris was healing me. You’re all heart. You’d die for the people you love, and in your mind, you’re helping our people more by stepping down. I understand that, even if I don’t agree with it.” Something fluttered in my chest. Something that felt a lot like hope.

but also a strange comfort. It was a hot bath after a long day. The feel of a thick blanket on a cold night. It was familiarity and newness all at once.

“You can raise all the walls between us that you like. I’ll knock them down one by one. In the end, it will be us, wildcat.”

“Sometimes pain is necessary for growth,”

But our mating—rare as it was—was a gift. The other half of our soul waiting for us to love. To cherish.