A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence, #2)

by Rebecca Ross

It didn’t matter how skilled she was at healing, how many wounds she had stitched or how many broken bones she had set, how many fevers and illnesses she had chased away. It didn’t matter how many years she had dedicated to her craft, walking the line between life and death. She had been too late to save this one,

Take this food and let it strengthen your body, Jack prayed over it. Let it nourish your soul, remind your heart of all the good things in life still to come.

“I don’t need autumn, or winter, or spring,” Adaira said, letting the words bloom. “I want you eternally. Will you take the blood vow with me, Jack?”

He marveled at how his own heart could exist outside his body.

“Even if I lived a thousand years in the fire,” Jack said, “I would not forget you.