Broken by Daylight (Beasts of the Briar, #4)

by Elizabeth Helen

I want to give Farron everything I am. All of my glowing moments, and my faded ones, too. I know he’ll keep them both safe. I want to bathe him in my sunshine, and dance with him in my rain. I want to know that when I feel like I’m losing myself, I’ll never truly be able to, because every bit of me belongs to him.

“It’s like being stuck in the eye of a storm you can’t escape. It’s suffocating, consuming. It’s waking up every day with a weight on your chest, wondering if today will be the day it crushes you entirely. Love is continuing to drink poison because it’s also the only antidote. For me, it is a battle that if he wins, I lose, and if I win, somehow, I still lose. Love is the only reason I still choose to draw breath.”

“You hurt me every time you doubt the strength of your heart. Every time you believe your worth only comes from how much blood you can spill. Every time you hold on to the curse because you think that’s what you deserve.”

“Whatever it takes, I will return to you, my Queen. If I have to crawl, I’ll crawl. If I have to swim through rivers of fire, I’ll swim. If I have to defy the Fates themselves and rearrange the stars, I will do it.”

“You can’t keep dwindling your own flame just because you’re afraid of what it might mean if you burn brighter than both of them.”

I feel the flame of Summer’s Blessing burning beside my heart.

“Home is more than the roads you’ve walked before or the walls that once sheltered you. You will find it within the bonds you’ve forged and the love you’ve shared. That is something that can never be taken from you.”

“Love is an endless sea, and in its depths, I find your strength.”