The ​Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash, #3)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

My first. My guard. My friend. My betrayer. My partner. My husband. My heartmate. My everything.

I would kill any and all who stood between Casteel and me because we deserved to be together.

We deserved a future, a chance to explore each other’s secrets. To love one another. We deserved to simply…live. I would do anything to ensure that.

“I love you, Penellaphe. You. Your fierce heart, your intelligence and strength. I love your endless capacity for kindness. I love your acceptance of me. Your understanding. I’m in love with you, and I will be in love with you when I take my last breath and then beyond in the Vale.”

“Gods, I hope you truly understand how strong you are. I’m constantly in awe of you. I’ve been in awe of you since the night in the Red Pearl.”

I was in awe of him, and I was in love with him.

“You are the foundation that helps me stand. You are my walls and my roof. My shelter. You are my home.”

For you.” “For us,” I corrected. “For us.”