The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet, #1)

by Bree Grenwich

"Don't you dare," Xül growled. "You don't get to die here, not this way. Not on my watch."

"Hope isn't something you're good or bad at," he said. "It's a choice you make every day. Sometimes every hour."

I bind myself to you. My life. My soul. My Loyalty. Forevermore. I’m yours.

Half my soul was gone, and no amount of divine power could fill that void.

Love. What a cursed, vicious thing.