And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)

by Kiersten White

Sometimes she imagined a shadowy figure standing at a stone altar. She would hold up her hand, and he would take everything she had for himself. She burned with hatred at the very idea of that man, waiting, waiting to make her crawl.

“He is nothing! Your life is worth a hundred of his, you understand? Never, ever risk it again for someone else.”