Reign of Stars and Fire (The Broken Kingdoms, #8)

by L.J. Andrews

missed him. Not a slow ache of longing. This missing was a molten blade stuck between the ribs. Always there, always burning, always pleading for me to rip it out and either heal the hole or bleed out.

“When there seems to be no way out, it is in those moments we must dig inside and find the courage to choose for ourselves how we take the next step.