Feathers So Vicious (Court of Ravens, #1)

by Liv Zander

“If a wife cannot speak ill of her husband, then what joys are there left for her in marriage?”

“Life marks us all in one way or another.” Sebian dunked the cloth into the water. “The only scars truly ugly are usually the ones on the inside, anyway.”

“Delos’ta lay.” “Yes.” That had been the title of the book in the library Malyr had wanted to read. “What does it mean?” “It means The Endless Ache. Right in here, remember?” A tap against his chest. “It’s where our anoa longs for our fated mate, to a point it can be physically painful.”

“I will come for you, Galantia. May it take a year or a lifetime, I will come for you.”

“Not every treasure sparkles at first glance,”

Should someone who truly hated me know quite so much about the things that delighted me?

What was the worth of a silk gown if it cocooned a withered heart? What was the worth of a life if there was no love in it?

“The longer you make me look at you, little dove, the harder it is for me to remember what you are. And I fear that, if I look too long… I just might forget who you are."

Because it felt like love. Terrible, star-crossed, painful love.

“Maybe we are truly fated only to end in emotional tragedy…” “Little dove,” his whisper came with a salty kiss to my lips before he straightened and placed his own by my ear, “love is tragedy.” I hate that I love you.