A Dance of Silver and Shadow (Beyond the Four Kingdoms, #1)

by Melanie Cellier

I wished he didn’t have such an effect on me.

One of the twins—I really needed to learn to tell them apart—gasped

Well, we have to, don’t we? So we will.

Perhaps she just wanted to prolong any small hope.

was a strange dynamic, this competition where everyone had to try their best, but everyone wanted to lose.

And don’t worry about me. I’m used to it by now. I just needed to let it out for a moment.” She drew another deep breath.

My feelings had changed but the facts had not. Jon did not belong to me, or I to him. And we never would.

but I could tell from their shining eyes and smiles that they rather enjoyed the second-hand fear. It didn’t touch them, not really. I felt like I watched them from a great distance, so far separated by situation that we didn’t really inhabit the same location.

I’ll be coming back. But not until I can bring the light with me.