The Audient and The Phantom Night (Aeglecian Seas, #1)

by Sadie Hewitt

“I kissed you, because I wanted to. Because you looked ruthless while the city burned to the ground behind you. And I really like ruthless things.”

"Being alone is a funny thing. I don't mind being alone, but I don't enjoy being lonely.

“You stupid idiot!” A shrill voice stated, footsteps laying heavy against the wooden stairs. “You absolutely useless pile of bird brains.” Iris appeared at the helm, hand on the kerchief that held her curls in place and her tawny face turned up to glare at him.

“We didn’t give our allegiance to Liddros, Captain Clueless,” Iris interrupted him, her head shaking in disgust. “We gave it to you.”

“Killing three of my men–” “Four,” Fenna amended, tightening her grasp on the rigging as Dasos prodded at his injury, reeling back at the blood on his fingertips. “I killed four.”

His slow, piercing gaze roved over her face. “Time is a funny thing, isn’t it? You can’t hold it, and you can’t see it. But it marches on, content to pillage and pilfer until there is nothing left of you.”