One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

by Rachel Gillig

The same calloused thumb that had slid over my knuckles in Ravyn’s chamber caught the tear on my cheek—dragged it away. It was gone in a moment.

Not me getting all shy >.<

“The light in here is playing tricks on me. For a moment your eyes almost looked yellow.”

Go in where? My eyes caught on the ivy-laden room. There? Yes. Why? I want to see it. There is no door. Only— A window.

He pressed his lips to the shell of my ear, a low, scraping whisper. “It’s not safe to draw too close to me. I’m a liar, Elspeth. A traitor. And someday, there will be a reckoning.”