The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods & Monsters, #3)

by Amber V. Nicole

Apparently, her maker, Kabitch—sorry, my pen slipped—Kaden had a plan far grander than any of us suspected, and none of us knew it wasn’t him at the helm.

If I must die a fiery death at her hands… I just hope I go with my Xavi.

“The World Ender had a lover and not just a fling like in his past. They say she is a beast made of flame and hate, and she followed you lot back. His beast. The female Ig’Morruthen.” Dianna. He meant Dianna.

Samkiel was a light. He promised peace and change, and I had helped snuff it out. A part of me hoped I burned in Iassulyn for eternity for it. Another part of me knew Dianna would hunt me, hunt us all like she did for her sister. I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t welcome it.

How ironic was I? The boy who was so afraid of monsters in the dark that I became the very thing I feared.

But I think my favorite thing about him was how he never seemed to want to leave Xio’s side. He looked at her as if she hung the stars.

“My feelings for you have been a lot of things, mostly confusing back then, but never hate. Never you.”

Her smile damn near crippled me. It was so genuine, so bright as if the sun itself would hide from it.

He was sunlight, pure and radiant, but as he stepped closer to me, he drew farther into the darkness. I was that darkness. It couldn’t have represented what I was trying to keep from happening better.

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“Are you real?” My voice cracked. “Or is this another sad dream?”

and now i’m crying