Unbroken Bonds (The Bonds That Tie, #6)

by J. Bree

I feel something extra in the girl there, the small Flame with a strong Gift, and though it frustrates me, I leave it alone for now.

“I would never harm you. I couldn’t even if I wanted to. You’re mine. Nothing changes that.”

“Patience and unerring devotion is all it took. The rest of you have spent too long fighting amongst yourselves and not enough time looking for what you really need. The Eternal is mine. I return for my Bonded.”

“We return for the Eternal. We return because it calls out to us. The thought of a lonely existence for my Bonded is unthinkable. While the Eternal returns, so shall we.”

“There is no use being here unless we're together. There is no me without you.”

“I waited for you. We all waited for this lifetime, for these vessels… and for you. You are as vital to me as the bond within you. Without question, I see that clearly now.”

“I’m sick of fully grown men thinking that they can hurt the women around them without consequences. My only regret here is that he's not coherent enough to know who did it to him and why.”

I feel as though we’re waging a losing battle, because there's always going to be evil in this world. It just shows up with a different name, a different banner to march under, and a different person it serves, but it’s always the same. Always happy to take innocent lives while furthering a pointless fight.

“Just because devotion looks like two different things doesn't mean they're any different.

They did well. Take us home to rest, girl, my bond whispers to me. You fought bravely. They all did. Rest so we can wake up in the new world, a world built just for us that no one can take away this time.

but there’s an early morning feel to the air—when you wake up and know that the entire world is still sleeping, that you're having your own small moment in the day without anyone else.