The Rivaled Crown (The Veiled Kingdom, #3)

by Holly Renee

“If you put her in a cell,” Dacre snarled, his voice thick with something dark and dangerous. “If any of you lay a single finger on her, I will burn this city to the ground.”

“You’re safe. And I will burn this fucking world to the ground before I let anything happen to you again.”

“The rest of the kingdom will fall to their knees before you, Verena.” He leaned forward and pressed a kiss just below my belly button before he stared up at me. “But please allow me to be the first.”

“A true vow is not just words, my love. It is a tether, a bond as old as the land itself. To speak it with your soul is to be bound, not by laws or men, but by the gods themselves. That is the power of love, it does not bow to kings.”

I wanted to submerge myself in the depths of her, to immerse myself in every part of her until we were one.