Carissa Broadbent

No war can be fought with clean hands. Not even the ones waged for the right reasons. Not even the ones you win. Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war -- and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom -- far darker, even, than the Orders' secrets. As Tisaanah and Max are ensnared in a web of ancient magic and twisted secrets, one question remains: what are they willing to sacrifice for victory? For power? For love?

Children of Fallen Gods

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“I do not want to be the Teirness,” I whispered. "I want to be your daughter.”

It was always so easy, after all, to feel Max's love. It radiated from him like the warmth of his skin. He didn't need to say it. A brush of my hand. I love you. A conspiratorial half smile. I love you. A wrinkle of concern between his brows. I

, the way I used to be. Sometimes I wish that was the version of myself I could give you. A better version. One that wasn't so..."

“had always lived my life with one foot in the past, while Tisaanah relentlessly charged to the future. It was only here, when we were together, that we collided. It was only here that we stood still.

Tisaanah shook her head. “We don't have time—“

Mathira, the way he looked at me, like I was a question to be answered or a riddle to be solved.

and for the first time it occurred to me that just as I saw the beauty in what others would call flaws, perhaps he saw the same in me.

I realized her stare cut so deep because she saw me -even the things I wanted to hide from the world.

"Is love frightening?" Reshaye whispered.

I wasn't sure why I answered. "Yes. It's terrifying."

“It is a painful thing. To be seen. To be given something to mourn. To be reminded of what has already been lost."

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