Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy, #4)

by Caroline Peckham

Our father was a cold man but when he was alone with her, he smiled, laughed, loved. We saw glimpses of a lifetime of happiness between them. Of her calming his foul moods and tempering his rage time and again. I could feel our mother’s emotions as they were attached to the visions. Their love would save her homeland from the wrath of The Savage King. Instead of conquering this beautiful land of sunshine and sand, he would marry its princess and bring her home to rule at his side. Their love would save countless lives, not only here but in Solaria too. She’d seen it all. Like their destiny was unavoidable and the power of it greater than all the magic in the world. It didn’t matter that he was a madman who had ordered more blood and death than any king or queen in the history of this world, she would love all of the parts of him that no one else ever saw. She would find the good among the hate and bring him closer to the light. We saw the two of them being summoned beneath the stars and answering the call of destiny as they chose to be Elysian Mates, their souls bound together in love for all of time as their eyes were ringed with silver. And though she chose him for her own heart’s sake, she also chose him for the sake of everyone who fell under his power. Because with her at his side, the future was brighter, paths clearer and more inclined towards peace and prosperity. There was so much love and passion in the future she showed him that it set an ache burning in my ches...