Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)

by Lauren Roberts

“Do you always fall into the arms of handsome strangers, or is this a new thing for you?”

“Every girl deserves something equally as pretty and deadly as they are,”

Her eyes are the color of the Shallows Sea’s deepest corner, a clear sky as it begins to drift into night, the subtle shade of a forget-me-not.

Vicious little thing, isn’t she?

Perhaps I’ll relieve him of one of his hands, so he never has the opportunity to lay it on a woman again.

“Mark my words, Prince, I will be your undoing.”

I lean in, ignoring the knife against my throat as I murmur, “Oh, darling, I look forward to it.”

This girl might be the death of me. Literally.

“Too stubborn to ask for my help, Gray?” “No,” I say coolly. “Too strong to need it.” His next words are murmured close to my ear. “That’s what I like to hear.”

I am no one’s pawn.

“Remind me to make you smile like that again, when you aren’t dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorize it.”

If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.

“I could get used to you being a gentleman, Azer.” He’s quiet for so long that I think he might not respond. But when he does, I hear the smile in his voice. “And I could get used to being one for you, Gray.”