Till Death (The Never Sky, #1)

by Miranda Lyn

“Deyanira Sariah Hark, Death Maiden, Princess of Perth… you never, ever lose your fight. You never let someone defeat you. You never falter. You stand. You step. You rise. This world will eat you whole if you let it. Even the disease crawling on our streets is thick enough to take you down. We don’t show weakness or cower in the dark. Promise me.” I nodded,

“Come on, fearsome, king-slaying Death Maiden with thirty-two titles. Let’s ruin everyone’s plans.”

He was dead. Orin Faber had killed a man… and Death never came to collect his soul.

“I’m not going to lie to you, Deyanira. I’m going to choose you.” He turned back to look at me, a swell of emotion in his eyes I’d never seen before. “And I think I need to find a way to process that. I should choose the good of the world. I should be their hero. But I think when it comes down to it, I’d rather be yours, because you have no one.”