A Forbidden Fate (A Forbidden Fate Series Book 1)

by Kaven Hirning

“That’s right, Little Sparrow. It’s the man you almost married. Have you missed me?”

As we parry, I catch a glimpse of my father. I’ve witnessed that satisfied expression before. At the stables, when someone succeeds in breaking a stallion. A wild creature forced to obey.

still see her expression, bewildered by all the beauty and enchantment. It reminds me of the girl in the aviary all those years

“The Great Darkness is in your blood, Idalia. Should you choose to face your fate, you will not survive it. However, should you choose to ignore your fate, the world will be swallowed whole, and all light shall pass away.”

“The sound of a family. One that decided long ago that it’s better to die together than it is to live apart.”

“Idalia, I haven’t been able to sleep in these last few days. I’m kept awake by the thought of you, of your skin. Jealous of the hair that drapes over your shoulders. Envious of the wind and how often it wraps itself around you. I would choose death— gladly choose death—if only to touch you. Just once. To hold your cheek. And trace your lips. To drag my tongue over every single part of you. Because if you really want to know what I believe, it’s that a life of being robbed of your skin against mine for even a second longer is a fate far worse than death. To not have you by my side, a misery far worse than the grave.”