Mate (Bride, #2)

by Ali Hazelwood

“Is this a, um…terminal diagnosis?” His lips twitch. “No cure, I’m afraid.” “I see.” I clear my throat. “Well, this relationship sure escalated quickly.”

He’s going to take her lies and peel them off one by one. Then he’ll force her to show him what’s underneath.

Her laughter adjusts the spin of his atoms.

He easily resigned himself to a lifetime without her, but… Simply put, he is unwilling to contemplate a universe in which she no longer exists.

I want you to tell me what you need, and I want the privilege of giving it to you. I want you to use me.”

There is very little that I wouldn’t do for you, if you were to ask me.”

He is afraid—not only of what might happen to her, but also of what he might do to the world in retaliation.

If I want to carve his heart out of his chest, he’ll crack his rib cage open and lie prone for me.

You love the Northwest more than anything.” “Not more than anything, Serena.”