Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy, #3)

by Lauren Roberts

But it’s not his gray gaze I crash into. No, this one is brown, murky with blatant hatred. These are not the eyes I search for in every crowd. Not the eyes that rake over me with a reverence I revel in. Not the eyes that have counted every freckle dotting my nose, every shiver of my body.

I would spend the rest of my days making her flower crowns if she wanted to be a queen. My queen. Not Kitt’s. Not Ilya’s. Mine.

I am betrothed to the king, and yet, my heart beats for his brother.

“You are devastating, Pae.”

type of beautiful that can only be inarticulately described as breathtaking.

Iris has a passion for beauty, and despite her confinement to the castle, she has never missed an opportunity to sparkle in even the dullest of halls.

can’t lose any more of that warmth Adena planted within me.

Kitt’s chuckle seems to light the darkness.

Perhaps in another life, I am strong enough to never need proof of it. Perhaps in another life, I am brave enough to confess that I love him. Perhaps in another life, I learn to love him from afar. And that is the most fearless thing of them all.

Adena’s light within me sputters out.

i can’t 💔

Adena’s light, however dim, is returning to my soul. I am alive. I, an Ordinary, survived a Trial. Again.

“Everyone loses themselves to something. So make it worthwhile.”

there she is, striding toward us with a dazzling smile between rosy cheeks. I’m breathless at the sight of her, doomed by the hope of having her. It’s a beautiful ruin, a devastating devotion. This girl holds my heart in her hands, could crush it between her fingers and still have me thanking her for the touch.

But I am no stranger to drowning. I’ve been doing just that since the day I looked into her ocean eyes.

My name means nothing to me until she speaks it. Nothing until she claims it as her own. I kiss it off her lips, taste the very power she holds over me.

She is my dream. She is my piece of paradise. She is my inevitable.

My composure begins to crumble with every step she takes toward me. Tears well in my eyes, but I smile for her. Always for her.

Thunder rumbles beyond the willow’s embrace, but Paedyn’s gaze never leaves mine....