A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Cursebreakers, #3)

by Brigid Kemmerer

I’m confident in my strengths, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think about my weaknesses.

“Because Grey spent his life doing everything you asked, and the first time he didn’t, you strung him up on that wall.”

“On the contrary.” He takes my hand and kisses my fingertips. “You know all the ways to make me yield.”

“She said I would have ordered you to fight until you couldn’t hold a sword.” I lean in, keeping my voice low. “She was wrong. I would have tied it to your hand.”

“How can you ask them to fight for you when you won’t fight for yourself?”

“You know,” she calls behind me, “for Harper, I would have done it for free.” She pauses. “I was curious how much it was worth to you.” “I would have given you ten times as much.” I think of the moment Harper plunged a dagger into Lilith’s chest. I have to put a hand against my midsection to shake off the sudden emotion. “For Harper, I would have given you everything.”

“You once told me that when the world seems darkest, there exists the greatest opportunity for light.”

“Yield to yourself. Yield to forgiveness. Yield to happiness. Yield to this moment. It’s not hers. It’s yours. It’s mine. It’s ours.”

trust is not something you win once, but is instead something you must earn over and over again.

“I’m not afraid,” he says, and there’s a breathless quality to his voice that makes me think that’s another lie. But then he adds, “I do not deserve it, Grey.” That pulls at a chord in my chest, and I frown. “You took her torments for me,” I say quietly. “Season after season. What you did to me cannot undo that.” “You stayed with me,” he says. “Season after season. Long after you should have fled. What I did—” His voice breaks. “What I did to you—” “It is over,” I say. “It is done.” Because it is. “One poor choice shouldn’t undo a thousand good ones.”