Eidolon (Wraith Kings, #2)

by Grace Draven

Sorrow warred with horror inside her.

“I will not give you up,” he vowed between clenched teeth. “I will suffer the ritual, gladly. Let it rip me apart and put me back together again. I will rob my people of their magic and fight the galla. I will not renounce my wife.” He shook against her, burying his face in her neck. “Don’t leave me, Ildiko,” he implored. “The burden is only bearable because you’re here.”

“I’ll sleep long and hard when I’m dead. You defy death by celebrating life.”