A Light in the Flame (Flesh and Fire, #2)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Needing me or anyone to look out for you doesn’t mean you’re weak, that you can’t defend yourself, or that you’re afraid. We all need someone to watch over us.” Heat crawled up my throat. “Do you?” “Desperately,” he whispered.

“Sera.” I thought I heard Nyktos whisper my name as I began to doze off. “You were never a ghost to me.”

I weep

His eyes were wide and wild as he caught my wrists. “I would’ve loved you if I could have. There would’ve been no stopping me.”