An Heir Comes to Rise (An Heir Comes to Rise, #1)

by C.C. Peñaranda

“Don’t make your gifts a curse. They are what you make them, not the other way around. There’s a reason you have them, so embrace it. Don’t fight it.”

Her face brightened in liberation at the light shed on her gift; the purpose she now had for it.

To think you could best me.” “If I remember correctly, you failed to best me also. Not as sharp as you thought you were, it seems.” “I could have crushed your throat without any feat of strength.” “After I held a dagger under yours. But if it helps you rest easy at night to see that as a win, by all means.”