Fate & Furies (The Legends of Thezmarr, #3)

by Helen Scheuerer

strong of mind, strong of body, strong of heart.

He looked at her as though she were the one thing he’d been starved of his whole life.

Cal sighed. ‘She’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen.’ ‘Really?’ Kipp said with interest, craning his neck to get a better look. ‘Do you think so?’ ‘Definitely.’ It was at that moment that the woman in question chose to cross the ballroom, making a beeline not for Cal, but for Kipp. She draped her arms over his shoulders. ‘Kristopher —’ Kipp grimaced. ‘I’ve been waiting to hear from you,’ she said, her voice sultry.

‘I told myself that it was enough,’ he murmured into her hair, his voice hoarse. ‘That I should be grateful for the time we had. It was more love than most people get in a lifetime. But the truth is, Thea… A thousand lifetimes with you wouldn’t be enough.’

Pride bloomed in Thea’s chest at the sight of women running the war efforts, women making the hard decisions.

You’re more than your magic, Thea. You’re more than any one thing. And fuck anyone who says otherwise.’

What measure of time is enough to be life-changing?’

‘When I stand against the gods at the end of my days,’ he told her fiercely, ‘I will regret nothing. Not the lies I’ve told, nor the lives I’ve claimed or the rivers of blood I’ve spilt. I do not regret a single moment, because every one of them led me to you.’