The Orc and the Innkeeper (Elderberry Falls, #1)

by Cora Crane

a dream I never allowed myself to have, a wish upon a star that I extinguished with my own hands.

It’s a strange kind of magic, this: the power of sincere words spoken by someone you never thought capable of them.

There could be something special there, something real and powerful. Don’t let your fear of the past keep you from embracing the future.”

context adds a different color to our past.

Love is a risk, babe. A leap of faith. No one can ever know for sure how it’ll turn out. But if you don’t jump, you’ll never fly.”