Spring (Evermore Academy, #2)

by Audrey Grey

With his other hand, he brushes the rough pad of his thumb over my lower lip. “When I heard you calling for me, everything faded away but you, and I knew in that moment that I would burn down the entire fucking Everwilde to protect you.”

“You’re mine, Summer.” His breath is cold as it tickles my ear, his words clicking something inside me into place, the answer to a forgotten question I’d asked long ago. “Do you understand? Mine, and I will slaughter anyone who tries to take you from me.”