A Twist of the Blade (Shadows and Crowns, #2)

by S.M. Gaither

“But that’s the problem with loving deeply, isn’t it?” she asked her hands with a bitter little laugh. “It means you have to hurt deeply, too. And that hurt can twist you up in unexpected ways.”

Everyone has their own battles. Their different hells. Different demons. And you don’t have to apologize for the things that hurt you, as I said, or for what you have to do to survive these things—not to me or to anyone else.”

No, she was none of those things. What she was…was heavy. And tired. So, so tired. But she had walked through countless storms before this one. And she was going to make it to the other side of this one too.

There you are. I’ve been waiting for you.

Nothing so bright and powerful as you simply fades away…