Tale of the Heart Queen (Artefacts of Ouranos #4)

by Nisha J. Tuli

“She makes me want to be the best version of myself,” I say, realizing how true it is. “She’s like the sun, and everything else is just the stars lucky to be moving around her.”

“You never will. From now until the sun burns out and the mountains crumble into the sea, I will be yours, Nadir. This is my promise.”

It is the lot of a mother to wear her heart outside of herself from the moment her children are born.”

“Stop it. It’s my fucking honor to do this for you. I promised I would burn down the entire world for you, and I meant it every single time.”

Every seemingly insignificant look. Every second has become a part of me, and I will do anything to hang on to this.”

he’d chosen the hollow emptiness of his power. And then, when he’d made that decision, he’d regretted it. Instead of acknowledging that he’d made his own bed, he made his mistake everyone else’s fault. Meora. Nadir. Amya.

As he watched them comfort one another, Rion realized his son had been so much smarter than he could have ever hoped to be. That maybe none of this had been about taking his crown after all.

Herric spread his arms wide with a grin on his face, and Rion… noted the ark tucked into the Lord of the Underworld’s belt before he turned to look at his son, silently rooting for him to win for the very first time.