Berserker God (Brides of the Stone Sky Gods #2)

by Ursa Dax

But that was impossible now. He knew my name. He knew what I needed to eat and drink. He knew what my body looked like when it tore and when it burned. He knew too much and nothing at all.

“Suvi is my only saviour. The only star left in a sky I’d long since given up on seeing with clear eyes again,” I growled. “I will devote myself to no other. There is no altar I will kneel before but hers.”

“I want your precious heart. Your today and all of your tomorrows. I want everything, Suvi. And I want it forever.”

“That is not why I ask!” he snarled savagely. “That is not why I worry!” He swiped his claws through the air. “Let my memory all be torn asunder. Let the entire universe tremble under the weight of my maddened rage. Let there be no hope left for me, no hope left alive for anyone! I do not care a whit for it, any of it, if I do not have you!”

She reached for the bowl, took the spoon in her hand. And then Suvi ate her soup.