The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

by Stephanie Garber

Happy endings can be caught, but they are difficult to hold on to. They are dreams that want to escape the night. They are treasure with wings. They are wild, feral, reckless things that need to be constantly chased, or they will certainly run away.

She meant to say, For tonight, I’m yours, but all that came out was “I’m yours.”

“That is not a small mistake to fix. If you do this, Time will take something equally valuable from you.” The Fate gave the queen a look more vicious than any curse. “There is nothing of equal value to me.”