Facets of Revolution (The Firebird Chronicles, #4)

by T.A. White

It was amazing how a love of plants steeped in hot liquid was a universal concept that transcended boundaries of culture and species.

Tea 💕

It was the kind of tea you might savor in the quiet moments. Those times when you wanted to bask in simplicity.

You’d think that would make them smart. That they’d do anything to keep the alliance that had once shielded them. But no, humans always had to learn things the hard way.

People underestimated how reassuring it could be simply to have a companion when you faced your greatest fear. Not to have them fix the problem but rather hold your hand through the worst of it.

“Do you know what the worst feeling in the world is? It’s being powerless as you watch the world burn around you.”

Regret was like a poison. It stole into your heart and ate away at the healthy tissue until you were a shadow of the person you once were. Right when you thought yourself fully healed, it was easy to suffer a relapse.

Graydon stared at her like she was a feast and he had spent his existence in starvation.

Too bad. Rebelling against the status quo might have been exactly what she needed.