Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

by Mai Corland

Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all. Because without hope, I know: it’s not her, you fool. It can’t be. It can never be. Because I killed her.

The world will grab and pull at your humanity, try to strip you bare, but ultimately you decide whether to hang on or let go.

I’m just not sure what good he expected to come out of both of us being dead. Sometimes revenge is a long game and, as much as you want a small win now, the larger victory needs time to manifest.

“I get it. There are mistakes that can’t be unmade, but you try your best to make things right.”

Loving somebody is needing two hearts to live instead of just the one. You’re better off alone.

A thief, a strongman, a spy, an assassin, a nobleman, and an exiled prince add up to a ring of liars. Trust is a surefire way to wind up with a blade in your back.

“I tried to forget you while I was gone. It would’ve been better for both of us, I’m sure. But it’s not possible. It’s never going to be possible.” I take a few steps closer to him. “Why is that?” He turns and faces me. “Because I’d know you in this life and the next hundred.”