The Ragpicker King (The Chronicles of Castellane, #2)

by Cassandra Clare

He choked on the words he could not say. I am the Prince’s armor. I cannot have my own.

The Goddess is a tale of past glory and strength. But she is not in this world; she wanders the outer darkness, and that itself fulfills the human desire to hold one’s Gods at a safe distance. For what happens to those who come too close to the Gods? Only ruination.”