Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)

by Lauren Roberts

“You make even the stars envious,” I repeat softly, leaning toward her. “Because one day—far from now—you will be up there beside them, outshining every single one.”

I would give him every piece of me if he only asked politely.

They are cheering. Cheering as if a sliver of the sun hadn’t just burned out before them.

In a way, she’s always been the sun. Always the brightness that existed despite the presence of such darkness.

In the end, it was all light and dark, loud and soft. I knew nothing but the memory of those I loved. One, a friend. The other, unfinished. And that alone is what I took with me into the next life. But I watched, warm and bright and high above. Just as he promised.