Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3)

by Penn Cole

Good intentions don’t save lives.”

“But we don’t always get to keep the people we love forever,

“What were you praying for?” He didn’t answer for a long moment. I shifted my hand until it sat above his heart. “Peace,”

money should never get in the way of doing the right thing.’”

“Don’t worry about me. A jaguar always lands on its feet.”

Healing from a trauma like that can be...” I sighed sadly. “...complicated.”

Everything has a price, and the more precious the item, the more devastating the cost.”

“The heart doesn’t care who it should love. Only who makes it sing.”

I didn’t believe in fates and forevers. But I did believe in love.

But this kind of grief didn’t heal. It waited.

But love and heartbreak? That’s what I truly feared.

Another painful wound, another permanent scar on my heart.

“I know what I’m getting with you. And it is more than enough for me.”

“Show me your worst, my darling, and I’ll show you how far my love can go.”

“I wish I’d spent more time learning illusions and less time learning a thousand ways to kill,”

“Don’t mistake the pain of change for failure.”

“We were focused on our future together, not our past apart.”

“Sometimes the best way to show your love for someone is by making the hard decision they won’t.”

If he’d carved my heart from my chest with his fingernails, it would have hurt less than the pain I felt at those words.