The Reality of Everything (Flight & Glory, #5)

by Rebecca Yarros

“But she’s also too important, too unique, and too beautiful to stand by and do nothing while she drowns. While she might look delicate, she’s actually incredibly strong and capable of taking a storm or two.”

I don’t know how to thank you for what you’ve brought to my life. You were there when no one else was. You pinned those wings on my uniform graduation day, and if…if the worst has happened, then I pray you use those same wings to fly.

I was a living, breathing flame, and he could either back away or choose to burn with me, because there was no putting out this fire.

“I’m going to love you so well that you’ll never doubt that I choose you. Every day. Every situation. I choose you.”

I’d rebuilt this house as I’d rebuilt my soul—strong enough to withstand the storm—but where I’d hurricane-proofed the frame so I could survive, I’d failed to rebuild my heart to live, and I desperately wanted to.