Heir to the Shadows (The Black Jewels, #2)

by Anne Bishop

“Forgiveness doesn’t work that way. You may want to forgive me, but you can’t do it yet. Forgiving someone can take weeks, months, years. Sometimes it takes a lifetime.

Karla because, Queen of Glacia or not, if she makes one more of those smart-ass remarks about wingspans, I’m going to drop her into a deep mountain lake.”