Hooked (Never After, #1)

by Emily McIntire

“Just remember that whenever things feel bleak, all situations are temporary. It’s not your circumstance that determines your worth, it’s how you rise from the ashes after everything burns.”

“But I regret, with every fiber of my being, that for even one moment you suffered under my hands.”

“You want to watch the world burn?” “Let me guess, you’ll set it on fire?” I ask. He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me and settling into my bones. “No, darling. I’ll hand you the match and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.”

“Darling, if I’m the dark, then you’re the stars.”

“The greatest thing I’ve ever done in my life was to love you, Wendy darling.”