Broken Veil (Harbinger, #5)

by Jeff Wheeler

Through their connection, he knew where she was, just as she knew where he was. She couldn’t hear him, but there was an invisible line between them, a taut bowstring that quivered.

Every choice has its consequence. It is like this staff.” He hefted it in his hand and offered it to her. “If you take one end, you get the other end too. Choices, consequences. Sometimes we know what they will be. Other times we do not. The consequences may surprise us. Or hurt us. We accept both ends when we pick our actions. Is this not so?”

I’ve come to recognize the right path usually is the harder one. You’ll never climb a mountain and reach new heights if you keep taking the easy path down.”