Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3)

by Charlie N. Holmberg

“Nightmares are things that scare us. But if you stop being scared, you stop having nightmares.”

Life is a lot easier being brave than being scared.”

pretending is kind of like practice. And the more you practice, the easier it gets.

Darkness, I mean. It’s just a part of the world. Part of life. It makes sense to me now. And my darkness . . . that’s a piece of my story, like a chapter in one of your books. I’m not supposed to tear it out. It makes me stronger. It adds to what I’m facing now, and what I’ll face in the future. It’s part of me, just like my legs or my magic or my mind.

But he and Hulda were perfectly shaped cogs in a slightly eccentric clock. His future was and always would be with her.