A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch (Glimmer Falls #2)

by Sarah Hawley

Being in nature made her feel small, but in a good way.

“You deserve everything you want. You should take everything you want, the way you once promised me you would. And if you can’t do that yet, say the word and I’ll do it for you.”

“It is. You’re just not used to people who admire strength.” He considered the hunch in her shoulders and the tragedy still written across her features, wanting to erase them and bring back his proud, fierce queen. “You’re more than strong though. You’re funny and loyal and witty. You’re adventurous. You burn, Calladia, and it’s not your failing if other people can’t handle your light.”

Mom plays up the whole ‘happy-but-busy family’ impression, and everyone assumes things are fine.”

He frowned. “I’ve noticed you don’t like compliments.” “I don’t get a lot of them.” She knew how to react to a challenge or insult—hit back—but she’d never quite known what to do with praise.

“Some bastards want power but don’t know how to get it without tearing other people down. If they can’t earn respect on their own merits, they’ll create a victim with no choice in the matter.”

His new girlfriend was posted on Pixtagram within the month.”

But like building a muscle, the places she had torn had become stronger with time. She would never let anyone make her feel small again.

“Being strong doesn’t mean winning every battle. Sometimes it means surviving to fight again.”

Calladia was done letting other people try to diminish or reshape her. Sam hadn’t broken her; if it came down to it, Astaroth wouldn’t either.

“Reports of my offspring are wildly overstated, but reports of my promiscuity are sadly understated.”

has an inconvenient case of amnesia. The plan so far seems to be spinning our wheels while waiting for his memory to return.”

Can she stop repeating the obvious

Well, atonement couldn’t be that easy,

Sam had been an abuser. She’d left him. Her mother was an abuser, too.