Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)

by Sable Sorensen

Where did this man come from, who has the power to melt my heart so thoroughly? I’d trade sun and sky and light itself to know I’d never have to lose him.

The moment I first set eyes on you, rushing up to me and your sister that day in the market—I knew instantly, Meryn. You had this alley cat fierceness, this spark to you, that was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. You were the blinding beauty of the sun personified.”

I both need him and loathe him in the same breath, and it hurts.

“You’re the most powerful woman in Nocturna, Meryn.” The certainty in his deep tone heats my blood, makes me look him straight in his glittering eyes. “You can bring this kingdom to its knees with just a word.”