Oathbound (Legendborn, #3)

by Tracy Deonn

I sense my own ruin, but there is nothing I can do to stop it.

Those were just the masks we wore—and his always fit better than mine.

“What is a bargain if not an oath? And what is an oath if not a promise with a price?

This Council sought to break Briana Matthews… and found it could not. I think you are fortunate that she has not sought vengeance against you. As are we all.”

“Guess I didn’t realize you could grieve living people too.”

I turn this way and that in the water-spotted mirror and decide that I like this version of me.

Words meant to amplify my guilt have found a way to transform it. Hope sparks inside the wave, a tiny beacon of defiance.

Biding my time until he makes me strong enough to escape him. Breathe in, breathe out.

Remeberd what your here for.

This feels like stretching after a long season of smallness.

BiITCH

Growth after the stalemate of a forced winter.

me—she looks older. Deadly, strong, and like she might be a monster herself.

I don’t want to be the girl who is missing when I am finally standing with the people who missed me.

are you gonna punish yourself forever?”

“Who does that benefit, huh? Who?”

don’t have an answer for that. How could I have forgotten her?

Let it ground me before the next blow comes.

“A soul to kill and die for, right?”

When I finally whisper, “And if I want to burn it all to the ground?” His answer is a quick grin against my lips. “My blade is yours.”