Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy, #4)

by Caroline Peckham

Because now I’d had a taste of Grus, I wasn’t going back. That girl was going to be mine.

“You smell like freshly baked bed... I mean bread.”

“You get one shot to do right by her,” I warned, pointing at him. “And if you fuck it up, if you hurt her or break her heart, then I won’t just kick you in the balls. I’ll castrate you.”

This was a Divine Moment. The stars had guided me here and they’d be bringing someone else to join me. Someone who was perfect for me in every way. Who pushed me and challenged me. Who made my heart beat harder and my flesh prickle with desire unlike anyone I’d ever known. She was my mate. The one the stars had selected for me. My one true love. And after tonight there wouldn’t be a force in the universe that could ever tear us apart again.

It wasn’t a decision, it was fate. And for the first time in my life, it felt like destiny was on my side.

No one had ever looked at me the way he was now and said that they picked me. The only one who had ever loved me was Darcy and she’d been stuck with me whether she liked it or not.