Of Mist and Shadow (The Mist King, #1)

by Jenna Wolfhart

the words had built up on my tongue, begging to be spilled, like chaotic paint across a canvas. There was no taking it back now. Even if I found a broom and brushed all the paint back inside, the color had already seeped into the canvas. It would leave behind a stain, a memory I could no longer turn away from.