The Darkest Corner of the Heart (The Brightest Light #2)

by Lisina Coney

The more time that passes, the more I’m convinced this man can’t be real. Maybe that’s why you think so, because he’s a man, not some boy. Maybe men are supposed to treat their women like this.

The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb is the full quote, and it means that the bonds we make by choice are more important than the people we are bound to by the water of the womb.