Heart of Obsidian

He thought of a lifetime of having Sahara’s stubborn will in his life and knew that she was his reward for surviving

He hadn’t meant to stay, but he slept that night in the arms of the only person in the entire world to whom it mattered if he was cold . . . and he thought that perhaps he might understand not only love, but joy.

She had loved him until it was the defining fact of her existence

If she demanded vengeance, he’d turn the world bloodred