To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)

by Katherine Quinn

I watched every step she took, knowing full well I’d done nothing but poke at the beast lurking within. But my beast matched hers, and we’d only tear one another to pieces in the end.

“You are what I imagine the sun to be like,” I whispered so softly I wasn’t sure she could hear the admission. “Fiery. Beautiful. Damning.”

Courage is unlocking the door to your cage and taking flight. True bravery is burning the cage to the ground.

Love is not the absence of self, but rather, the absence of fear, For only the brave drop their armor and walk onto a battlefield with their hearts exposed.