The Caraval Complete Trilogy (Caraval, #1-3)

by Stephanie Garber

Dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won’t wake up.”

The words uselessly pretty came to mind,

‘I’ve never wanted to be someone else until that moment I saw him kiss you on the dance floor.’

It was almost cruel that the one who seemed to believe in her the most was the same being who was also slowly killing her.

She enjoyed the kisses, but a part of her always wished that whenever she walked away from a boy he’d run after her, beg her to stay, and then promise he’d never leave.

‘I kept coming back to you, not because of Legend, or the game. But because you’re so real and alive and fearless and daring and beautiful and if what’s between us isn’t real, then I don’t know what is.’

‘You might not if you let me change you.’ His low voice was barely a whisper. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them, he looked more like the shadow painted on his wall than the Legend she loved. ‘You should go. I’m not selfless or altruistic. I always find a way to get the things that I want. Right now, I’m only able to do this because no one has ever looked at me the way you did when you said those words just now and – you deserve to have someone who will look at you that way. You deserve someone who can love you, someone really worth living for, rather than an immortal who only wants to possess you.’

She didn’t know if he’d just said it to push her away – if he’d taken his brother’s advice to let her go – or if that was how he truly felt. But halfway through the night, she’d realized it didn’t matter. Legend was right. Tella did deserve more than someone who just wanted to possess her. The problem was, she wanted that more from Legend. She could lie to herself and say she didn’t want Legend to lose his immortality for her. But she knew that if he ever offered her his love, she’d take it and hold on to it forever.