Talon (Ashes & Embers, #4)

by Carian Cole

"No worries, Asia. You're getting the family you always wanted."

Having already read the series once, now I get chills when Asher shows up out of nowhere and has the perfect words for the moment.

"Together, we're supposed to be better."

Sometimes what we think we want is not at all what we actually need."

I'll take sticks and stones any day over these words. Words do hurt. They echo in your mind, then bounce off your brain before falling down the hole into your heart to slowly leak into your gut, eating at you slowly over time.

So that's why I got the tattoo, as a reminder that my life matters—even if it's only to me—and my story isn't over yet. That's what I have to keep telling myself."