The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

by Tricia Levenseller

“And the king just allows this?” “He encourages it. His name appears beside hers on every new law. The people say he’s utterly smitten by his future bride and would never deny her anything.

Omg i love Kallias

If those two men are valets, then I’m the empress of all seven kingdoms.

Honestly she should be

“This is a massive estate. It needs a full range of staff members to keep it running. You can’t just—” He finally looks at me, his demeanor totally unaffected. “I can and I have. That will be all, Duchess.”

I hate him so much

but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.

Lord Farquad core

Do you know, Duchess, I believe that’s the longest we’ve spoken without any malcontent.” “If you continue to act like a reasonable human, I should think we could keep it up. Now, tomorrow morning, we’re to go into town. You’ve money to transfer, and then we’re going shopping. It’s about time you owned your third pair of pants.”

Yes, let the girlbossing over him commence

“Surely even you can admit she’s the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen.”

I looked right back at him. I looked, and I saw someone I didn’t want to disappear from my life. I saw someone I wanted, just for the smallest amount of time. And that is terrifying.

You are a man, and you will never know what it is to suffer as only a woman can!”

anything I tell the king is likely to be disregarded, for Alessandra will probably encourage him to do the opposite of what I want. So if I express that it’s my dearest wish for Eryx to be officially recognized as the Duke of Pholios? It will be interesting to see how this goes.

I really hope this doesn't backfire on her...

I can bring this monster out as easily as breathing. And it is terribly exciting.

“I think we are a good match.” “If you think fire and oil are a good match.” “Exactly. Together, we could burn the world down if we wanted to.”

The only comfort I have right now is that my sister is at my side.

I love that their relationship is mended. This is the closure I needed