Glow of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #2)

by Penn Cole

“I will protect the vulnerable and strike down the evil. I will do whatever it takes to protect this realm from its enemies abroad—” My eyes swept across the Hanoverre contingent. “—and from its enemies within. And I will vow on my magic and on everything I hold dear that I will never, ever value my own life above the lives of my people. Mortal or Descended.”

“The more I try to reach him, the more he pushes me away. He’s a shell of himself. Whatever he’s going through, it’s eating him alive.”