When Wishes Bleed (When Wishes Bleed, #1)

by Casey L. Bond

And somehow, I made it through breakfast, enduring scathing glances from women who considered me a threat, smiling my way through a conversation I didn’t care about at all, and watching the one person I was beginning to care about very much break his fast with two other women.

Besides, every girl, witch or not, dreamed of becoming a princess. Not with crowns and gowns, but princess of the heart of someone she loved, and who loved her in return.

Like his father, he would love the one he married. He would give her his heart, his life, and his energy. I didn’t know who she would be, but couldn’t help but hate her for it.

Tauren had claimed to be jealous, but he hadn’t seen the bold shade of green my envy bore.

Annalina might have been grieving, but she was still Queen, and it showed with the way she held her head up despite her tears. The way she straightened her back and put one foot in front of the other when I knew all she felt like doing was falling to her knees.

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.

But I want you to know that it would be the greatest honor of my life if you would now lean on me in his stead.”