Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

by Rebecca Ross

How utterly sobering it was, then, to realize how seldom daydreams like that aligned with reality.

You remember how you said that word to me in the infirmary, post-trenches? You believed I had come to the Bluff to outshine you. And I would speak this word back to you now, but only because I would love to see you burn with splendor. I would love to see your words catch fire with mine.