Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)

by Keri Lake

It was sickening that it took a suitor to spare my reputation, my future. How tragic that a woman’s worth equated to the depth of a man’s pockets.

“My point is, I will never fall to my knees for you, or any man, in case that was your expectation.”

Go off queen

“Do you know how the scorpion chooses his mate?” Rykaia whispered in my ear. “Promenade à deux. By asking her to dance.”