When Wishes Bleed (When Wishes Bleed, #1)

by Casey L. Bond

Children would ignore their own experiences and feelings if adults pressed them hard enough into the straight and narrow line. It was how prejudice and ignorance were perpetuated through the generations.

Heavy was the head that wore the crown, though many coveted the weighty circlet.

Fate calmed my boiling blood, and the feeling that I was doing the right thing washed over me.

She sacrificed herself to save her brother, and Fate rewarded valor. He rewarded selflessness.

That was how Fate worked sometimes. I’d learned not to question it. He always revealed himself in his time, not mine.

“The earth belongs to all of us. We’re a part of it; not just bodies dwelling on it.”

We had to process death with emotion, and experiencing death, and mourning the loss of someone you loved, was not only inevitable for all of us, it was something that transformed us into a stronger version of ourselves.