These Hollow Vows (These Hollow Vows, #1)

by Lexi Ryan

“The cruel king waits for the day the princess of shadows will come to his castle.” I’d forgotten this tale—one our mother told us only once, the night before she left for Faerie. “The false king knew she could command the shadows, but he didn’t know that her big heart and her endless love would cost him his throne.”

“Next time she dies, it has to be during a bonding ceremony. Otherwise, she’ll never be queen.”

“You were curled in the corner of the bed, completely absorbed in that book, as if it didn’t matter that you lived this brutal existence and had only a tiny room to call your own. It didn’t matter that you had to work so hard for everything. When you were reading, you were somewhere else. You were someone else.”

“Curses are made of secrets and sacrifice. We will suffer as long as she pays the price.”

“Easy, Princess, focus on the magic. When we’re out of here, you can go back to imagining all the ways you want my hands on you.”