Protector (Night War Saga, #1)

by Leia Stone

Rule number one of tutorial time: the most effective teaching tool is an intense desire to keep your tutor in the dark about how badly you want to jump him.

Sometimes the guys with the toughest shells were the softest inside.

“Synna suffers from low self-esteem,” Mack said sagely. “Her father is mostly absent, so she relies on peer male approval to validate her worth. She doesn’t understand that if she learns to love herself, she’ll be able to walk her path in peace without external validation.”

I gave the best fake smile I could muster. “I’m fine.” Instead of saying anything else, Tore just stood there with his arms crossed, a frustrated expression painted on his perfect face. Apparently, the demigod was too dense to understand that if a woman told him she was fine, there was only one prudent response. Run.

we slay monsters the same way humans get through their problems—by taking it one step at a time.”