To Snap a Silver Stem (Crystal Bloom, #2)

by Sarah A. Parker

“Everything is nothing if you’re in pieces, High Master. I think that’s something even you can understand.”

“She’s Aeshlian. Aravyn’s child. She’s … got a black mark on her shoulder that doesn’t look natural.” Light will bloom from sky and soil, Skin tarnished by the brand of death …

“How did you stumble upon the frayed thread that unraveled my entire species?” “Fate.”

Truth is, I fell in love with a ghost. Now I’m gone and still ... haunted.

Little does she know, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her. Except let her go.

“I won’t determine your steps, Milaje. I’ll even let you trip. But I refuse to let you fall.”

“There is nowhere you can hide. Nowhere you can go. Even if this were to stop beating,” he says, threading his hand over my rioting heart, “I’d follow.”