Amid Clouds and Bones

by Ella Fields

This is the beginning of a powerful alliance. One that will help make this continent peaceful for centuries to come.”

Dark wonders were fun to imagine until they became all too real.

“Let me make myself crystal fucking clear, little thing.” My eyes widened at the ease with which he’d cussed. “Out of all the dangers awaiting you in my court, I’m the one you’ll need to be protected from.”

I’d been so unwilling to let him terrify me that it seemed I’d forgotten he could simply upset me.

such requests were not about easing my discomfort—but arming myself with the knowledge to better my chance of survival.

“How do you lose the attention of someone who hates you?” “By being boring,” she said. “So boring, he loses interest.”

She should’ve known that anything soft would not survive in a castle of blades and thorns.

However finite, there was always a way to break through such spells. Always a loophole for any curse. Although plucking a thread that would unravel something of that magnitude would inevitably invite severe consequences.

I knew what it was to crave freedom. To wish to unleash every ugly feeling born from my captivity on those who’d forced it upon me so mercilessly.

“And you have the darkest green eyes I’ve ever seen, but I don’t call you seaweed.”

“You’ve revealed a weakness, beast king.” “If you believe you can push me from any great height, I encourage you to try.” His feral grin was an invitation. “Princess.”

how dare he desire to sleep in his own bed, in his own rooms, in his own castle…

I’d spent most of my life focused on one creature’s battles and well-being—my own. It now seemed such selfishness had delivered me straight into the bloodied hands of this long war. A war that hadn’t ended at all.

I’d been forced into realizing that grief had yet to touch me before now. Forced to learn the difference between sorrow and hurt.

The tub filled as I finally relieved myself.

I get what shes saying but thats a HORRIBLE way to phrase it!