The Isle of Sin and Shadows

by Keri Lake

“You’re threatening me now?” “A threat is oftentimes an empty promise. What I’m telling you is a blueprint for your future, should you decide to challenge me on it.”

“Because it’s like any destructive force of nature. Too much creates imbalance. And a love that strong would consume a person. Put everyone around them at risk. Love kills.”

“Listen to me, chaton. If life wasn’t so hell bent on fucking me over, I wouldn’t let you go, if you begged me. Unfortunately, in my world, you’re nothing but a pawn. A weakness. You’re a walking bullseye.”

Thierry is forever stitched into a quiet little haven inside my heart, where the sunlight is more golden, the air is sweeter, and time doesn’t exist. A place of enchanting summer nights and fireflies in the sky. Of stolen kisses under the stars, and soft Valir whispered in my ear. For the first time, I feel home. Right here, in this man’s arms.