The Selection (The Selection, #1)

by Kiera Cass

It was meant to be sweet, but it wasn’t what I needed to hear. I wished she could have said that I was already something special to her, like I was to my father. But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that’s what mothers did.

What if I don’t find anyone at all? What do I do then, America?”

It seemed so funny that the palace—the beautiful cage—was the one place I could actually let myself be open about everything I’d been feeling.

If they were counting on you, what wouldn’t you do for someone you loved?”

And while he wasn’t anything close to the person I did love, he was worthy of having someone to love in his life.

“Maxon, I’m not completely sure what we are, but we’re definitely more than friends.”

“I do,” I said with a tiny nod. “He’s more than I ever imagined he was.”