Heir of Illusion (Verran Isles, #1)

by Madeline Taylor

Forcing the air into my lungs, I remind myself that I am not owned. I am not controlled or caged. I am not the pet they tamed. I am the beast they let inside. And I keep my promises.

I tell myself the pain isn’t real. It’s merely another illusion, and I am its master.

Unfortunately, love is simultaneously the strongest force in the world, and the most fragile.

Every day, I stand on the precipice of insanity, desperately trying not to tip over the edge.

“You are so much more than this,”

Just as the stars were cursed to die, I’m cursed to be the only one who remembers the way they once shined.