No Man Can Tame (Dark-Elves of Nightbloom #1)

by Miranda Honfleur

Books had power, the power to defeat hopelessness with escape, ignorance with enlightenment, fear with knowledge.

and

It was time, and their discussion had been cut short, but it didn’t matter—he knew. He knew, and he felt the same.

“People might sometimes betray your trust, Veron, and you might lose them. But if you choose not to forgive, you don’t have to worry about losing them… because you’ve already pushed them away. It’s still loss, but of your own making.”