By the Sharp and Shadowed Wings (Fate of the Nine, #1)

by Rachel N. Harker

“The girl who disobeyed the Gods. The girl responsible for the Gods abandoning Myddheim. The girl responsible for our suffering—”

she’d found Fenrick, bound and bloodied, in a cave so remote no one could hear him scream. No one had known he was there. But fate had conspired for her to find him. Revna swallowed as she thought on the way his eyes looked as they first met hers. He’d barely been able to lift his head, but his stare … it had burned with warning.

Fenrick wasn’t coming back. The Gods had abandoned Myddheim. And it was all her fault.

“You are the heart and shield of Myddheim. You have given so many their lives back. And it’s enough. You are enough.”

Something about the way she moved, the way she fought, was worrisome. It was as if she would never stop, even at her own demise. And it tugged at something in Fenrir’s chest.

And Fenrir knew in that moment that he would rather take every arrow meant for her than see her in this much pain again.

A moon-kissed raven, shadows in wake With unbound chains, the darkness break A sharpened wing, strong bleeding heart To softened shadows where sorrows start Sky rends, earth roars, full winters mourn, From rise, things found again be torn

These roots and wings, fates intertwined A cov’nant sealed, both power and bind Slumb’ring beasts rise from lore and from flame Bringing both ruin and a new world’s name

and Tyr had made trips to both Alfheim and Nidavellir, and what they’d found had only fed their suspicions. The two realms that

Perhaps if Revna made a deal with Odin herself, she could get Fenrir out of his, and help Myddheim.

I really hope this doesn’t happen. Self sacrificing predictability

“You make me feel free to be myself.”

“I will get on my knees every night for my wife and beg for her forgiveness if she’ll let me.”

“Hear these vows and know my heart. If hunger claims you, I will feed you. If you cannot walk, I will carry you. If you need strength, I give you my mind and body. If darkness stalks you, I will enter any shadow to find you. If love is what you need … it is already yours. My heart is yours.”