A Song to Wake a Thousand Sorrows (The Song Duology, #1)

by Michelle Manus

If he had to guess what was on her mind, he would wager it was murder-adjacent.

“I won’t be put in pretty chains and made to dance. So tell me what you want, and I’ll tell you if it’s a price I’m willing to pay.”

Something foreign, and horrifying, and unwanted: hope.

“Princes are always overstating the damsel’s distress in those ridiculous stories.” “Fair enough,” he conceded. “Should I swoon for the sake equality?”