Sworn to the Shadow God (Aspect and Anchor #2)

by Ruby Dixon

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and I seem to be bound and determined to lay brick every day, because I always say I’m going to do better and I never do.

This is a man who’s raised armies of diseased zombies, and he’s disgusted by a little stew left in a bowl?

“Don’t you know that I will claim you in blood if I must? That I will claim you with tears on your face? Old or young? Don’t you yet know that you will always be mine and nothing else matters?”

“I don’t deserve you,” Rhagos whispers. “I know,” I say cheerfully. “But you get me anyhow.”