Sorrow and Starlight (Zodiac Academy, #8)

by Caroline Peckham

“More,” I gasped as Darius stalked towards me, the dark look in his eyes saying he wanted to devour me, and the entire world could follow right along after us.

My other half. My eternal love.

They were all there, Geraldine, the Heirs, Xavier, Sofia and Tyler, even Orion and Gabriel too. Our family reunited at last. I didn’t know how it was possible that that they’d escaped, that Darcy’s power and Order had returned, and Orion somehow still lived, but I didn’t care, it only mattered that they were here and we were reunited at last.

“All hail the true Queens,” Darius growled in a low and powerful voice which rang with a clap of magic that seemed to break the spell that had fallen over everyone who was still staring at us in awe.

my husband’s

“I pledge my life to your service.”

“Fate changer,” the stars hissed at her. “A cost to bear, a burden worn. Will regrets shatter the foundations of your blood bound choice?” “I will never regret bringing Darius back. You stole him before his time, and I will pay whatever price I have to now,” Tory spat, her ire tainting the air.

“And I really am looking forward to seeing the look on his face when I cut his head off and prove just how much more powerful than him I am.”

“At last, the Vega bloodline returns,”

“Twins,” the star purred. “One soul, two halves.”

“Tor, you know I love you right?”

You wanna know why I’m mad? Because you chose Orion over me. And I get it. It’s not like I don’t understand how much you love him, but it was always us first. And when I had no one in the world, when I was broken and lost and only still breathing at all because I knew I had to hold on for you, I had to come for you, you still chose him.”

“A whole hell of a lot has happened, Darcy. And maybe you’d know that if you’d been there. But I broke alone, and I did things I can’t ever undo to piece myself back together, to find a way into the land of the dead and drag back the man who left me wrecked in his wake.”

We may be different but we’re the same where it counts. We’ve always found a balance between us, light to each other’s dark and dark to each other’s light, just like the stars said. We make room for each other and show up for each other, and when peril comes knocking, we stand and take on death itself together. Don’t let the world ruin us. We may be different trees but we’re growing side by side, our branches intertwined forever. You support me and I support you. That’s how it’s always going to be. Because that’s what sisters do.”

“Even if my soul is dipped in blood and carnage?” “I’ll always love you as you are right now, and I know you’ve been through a lot. I want to know this new you.”

“When I look at you, I will always see the girl who took on the whole world for me, even when we were skinny little orphans with nothing and no one to love us. We loved each other, and that kind of love is greater than all else. It’ll never die, no matter who we become. No matter who else we love now too. At our core, we’re still us.”