The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet, #1)

by Bree Grenwich

I was Thais Morvaren, wielder of stars, and I had come here to learn how to kill a god.

"You think you could break me?" "Break you?" His laugh was cold. "Breaking would be such a waste. I'd much rather watch you bend."

"Fuck it," he said, and then his mouth was on mine.

"You taste like starlight and sin," he murmured against my throat.

“You look like you’re mine.”

"You don't get to do this. You don't get to look at me like you care⁠—" "I do care." The words came out rough, desperate. "That's the entire fucking problem."

I’d burn Voldaris to the ground for you.”

"You're playing with fire, starling." "Good," I replied, freeing him. My eyes widened at the sight of him. "I want to burn."

"Every part of me belongs to you, Thais. My body, my heart, my fucking soul—it's all yours."

Love. What a cursed, vicious thing.