House of Ash and Shadow (Gilded City, #1)

by Leia Stone

“And what if I go dark?” I whimpered. His face sobered. “Then I will jump into the shadows and pull you back to the Light.”

‘Don’t kill him,’ I ordered. ‘I’ll just take his eyes,’ Yanric said. ‘No!’ ‘One eye.’ ‘No eyes,’ I growled. ‘Fine, but I’m pooping on his head.’ I nodded, feeling calmer. ‘Okay I’ll allow that.’

“Because she wasn’t you,” he declared, and I sucked in a shocked breath. “Because no matter how many times I kissed her, it wasn’t you.”