The Unseelie King (Maze of Shadows #4)

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

“You are my roots, my love. Without you, I fear I will blow away in the wind like the seeds of flowers. I—I do not know what to do without you at my side.”

Take him home, great mother of the gods. Take him to rest within your song.

“Promise me one thing.” His words were quiet, nothing of his anger remaining in them. “Tell them you defeated me in battle. Or say you played some terrible trick upon me. Do not tell them I…I could not kill you. That I would rather surrender all that I am than to watch you die a second time.” His features contorted in pain. “I could not—I could not survive it.”

“My little witch…my Seelie Queen. No matter what we shall endure. No matter what becomes of us. My sunlight. My glowing blossoms. My living heart. I will not stop until I defeat you. And I will relish every moment I fail. I love you.”