Blood and Rain
She turned back to Lucian, her hands finding his forearms, gripping the heavy fabric of his coat with an intensity that forced him to look at her—not as a fragile mortal to be shielded, but as his equal.
"A queen must be ready to sacrifice for her people, Lucian, just as fiercely as they would sacrifice for her," Rebecca reasoned, her voice thick with a profound, unyielding devotion that vibrated through the mate bond. "If a single vial of my blood can anchor a threshold spell that seals the dark realms forever, then my blood belongs to the altar. I will not sit by the hearth and watch you burn the world to ash just to keep me pristine. We use the blood. We rewrite the ward."
Sikat na Kabanata