Bride (Bride, #1)

by Ali Hazelwood

So self-centeredly Human, the assumption that everything that’s other must be shrouded in the supernatural and the arcane.

I closed my eyes to roll them behind my lids.

But at times, there are decisions that feel right, deep in the marrow of my bones.” He wets his lips. “You are one of them.”

maybe Lowe is the kind of leader who measures his strength not by the battles he wins, but by the trust he is able to accord to others.

It must be tiresome, being a decent person, and I can’t relate.

They might not know they’re on the bad side of this war.”

“I get it, feeling pinned down by the mate thing.” I take a hurried step back, suddenly wondering whether this conversation requires physical distance. “It has to be hard, to feel like you couldn’t walk away even if you wanted to. Like someone is going to be your problem forever—” He shakes his head, eyes burning into mine. “You’re not a problem, Misery. You’re a privilege.”

Maybe you’re not meant for me the way I’m meant for you, but I’m going to choose you anyway, over and over and over again.