The Dread Descendant (The Dread Descendant, #1)

by Lauren Cate Leake

“Magic calls to magic. Darkness calls to darkness. Blood calls to blood.”

“I don’t think I quite understood the meaning of your presence until I was forced to endure your absence.”

“Goodnight, Little Viper,” he whispered. “Goodnight, My Prince.”

Mal hesitated, his eyes racked over her face as if looking for an answer. “Tell me you are mine.”

“I will gladly die a hundred deaths if it is he who breathes life back into me.”