Illuminance (Unraveled Fate #2)

by Kara Douglas

Weakness isn’t losing hand-to-hand combat or being last during a training run. It isn’t crying or showing when you’re afraid. No—weakness is putting others down because you’re scared they’ll see the real you. It’s those who choose to bully simply because they cannot admit to themselves what they lack. Weakness is letting your pride blind you from helping others.

Have you ever been so close to everything you’ve ever wanted that you’re scared of what you’ll find?

In this moment, I realize I haven’t let myself hope for that possibility—that we were all going to be okay. It’s hard to see the bright side when all you’ve been dealt is the darkest corners of the world.