An Echo in the Sorrow (Soulbound, #6)

by Hailey Turner

They were already bound to each other, having promised to never leave, but Jono wouldn’t mind seeing Patrick wearing a wedding band.

Patrick opened his mouth to argue, but Ashanti lifted her hand in a commanding shut up gesture they both automatically obeyed.

“Whether in heaven or hell, it doesn’t matter. The fight will happen here, on the mortal plane,” Ashanti said.

“I promised the gods of heaven my support years ago. My reasoning hasn’t changed, and it will not. Be the weapon I taught you to be and finish this fight, Patrick.”

But a house doesn’t make a home if you’re a burden to the people in it.”

Fate was a road leading to a future with endless possibilities,

Fear was a motivating factor in every massacre perpetuated against everyone and everything in the world.

“Can I throw rocks at them?” Wade asked,

He was done praying to the gods and kneeling before their altars. Love was the only altar Jono would ever worship at from here on out, and Patrick would be the only one to hear his prayers.

“Honed yourself sharp over the years I was gone, did you?” Patrick swallowed hard enough Jono could hear the sound of it in his throat. “That’s what you taught me.” “Then remember not to break.”

Religion of all sorts was the underlying bedrock of most wars, along with control of resources and the need to get rich.

there’s a difference between wanting you and wanting to murder you.” “You want me.” “Yes, but there are some days you’re so bloody stubborn I think about murder. It’d be purely out of love though.”

Jono loved the man, but Patrick attracted trouble and started fights without even trying.

😂

Fuck the gods and all the twisted lies buried in every last one of their promises.

“I don’t know if your bar for shitty political maneuverings is set too low or too high,”

“My job is to keep this country safe, not keep people happy.”