Duskbound

by Bree Grenwich

"You take care of my girl," she said to him, and though her voice shook, there was steel beneath it. "Always," he said it like a vow. Ma nodded once, then turned back to me. "Go change the world, kid." She pressed a kiss to my forehead. "Just try not to burn it all down in the process."

"I give myself to you," he said, voice deadly calm. "My life, my shadows, my loyalty—they belong to you now. Not because you're the heir to this realm, but because you're the only thing I've ever wanted to believe in."