A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4)

by Sabaa Tahir

I want Elias Veturius back.

Same

It is not the Soul Catcher who is an ember in the ashes, it is Elias Veturius. It is not the Soul Catcher who will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. It is Elias Veturius.”

It is torment to love someone hopelessly, with no chance of requital. There is no salve for it, no cure, no comfort.

Once while Darin was recovering from Kauf, Elias and I hiked to a waterfall a few miles from the cabin. He was supposed to teach me to swim, but we learned other things about each other that day.

Or perhaps she’s simply beautiful, and looking at her feels like sunlight flowing into a room lost to the darkness for too long.

“I have learned to love you these past few weeks, Laia.” She says it casually, as if it is not extraordinary to gift someone with love.

“You are broken. But it is the broken things that are the sharpest. The deadliest. It is the broken things that are the most unexpected, and the most underestimated.”

And while family can cause pain and make mistakes, it is never a burden. Never.”