The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

by Rachel Gillig

“You want to throw me down,” Rory said, eyelids dropping as he whispered into my parted lips. “And I, prideful, disdainful, godless, want to drag you into the dirt with me.”

It is easier, swearing ourselves to someone else’s cause than to sit with who we are without one.”

We lost our gods, our armor, our own names.

“When you do the right thing for the wrong reason, no one praises you. When you do the wrong thing for the right reason, everyone does, even though what is right and wrong depends entirely on the story you’re living in. And no one says they need recognition or praise or love, but we all hunger for it. We all want to be special.”