Morrighan (The Remnant Chronicles, #0.5)

by Mary E. Pearson

I stood. “Why did you come back?” He stepped into the coolness of the cavern. “Because…” His brows pulled down, his eyes becoming dark clouds, still angry. “Because I could not leave.”

But all I heard was a different kind of knowing, one that even Morrighan couldn’t hear, a knowing that felt as sure and old as the earth itself. It whispered deep within my gut, I am yours, Morrighan, forever yours … and when the last star of the universe blinks silent, I will still be yours.