Echo Fort (Sins of the Zodiac, #2)

by Caroline Peckham

I turned for Cascada and she turned for Stormfell. Our choices were made, our destinies set, but I never could have prepared for the pain of that goodbye.

We were all raised to die. These warriors swung their swords for their lands, and they would likely receive a bloody end in payment for it. But what was all this death for if not peace? What was its true purpose?

“You said you would never choose the Reapers over me,” I hissed, acid dripping from my tongue, the betrayal of his actions cutting into my heart.

I was a monster among men, a legend forgotten to time and a beast which would never again be caged at the hands of inferior Fae.

“Silka la vin,” he croaked a laugh, a beautifully tragic freedom in his eyes. “Killer of mine.”

“Do as you were commanded, Vesper, or so help me you will spend the rest of your days caged at my mercy and wishing you’d met death alongside your precious sisters.”