Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)

by Kristin Cashore

“I love you,” he said. “You’re more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone could be. And I’ve made you cry; and there I’ll stop.”

Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone’s but her own.

He pulled Katsa close and held her against him. “I’ll come back,”