Empty Promises

Bram taught me that lesson is just as true for the ones who never even pretend to be human.

My father built an empire on illegal potions and centuries of lies, and it's time someone burned it to the ground. I have my family for this fight. Not Melchior, never Melchior, but Sam, Dia, Quill, Trey, and Knight, who told me flat out that he would gladly die if it meant I got to live.

I told him not to talk like that. I'm not losing him. Not to my father, not to this war, not to anyone.

Then Bram shows up with his slow smile and his offer of safety, promising me shelter if everything falls apart, promising protection I never asked for and don't need. It would be so easy to take it. It would also be a lie, dressed up as kindness, and I've had enough of men who promise things they never intend to keep.

Melchior promised my mother a life he never gave her. He promised me a father he never was. I'm done collecting empty words from men who think promises are the same thing as love.

Knight has never once had to promise me anything. He just shows up, every single time, and proves it.

Whatever happens when we finally face my father, I know exactly which man is standing beside me when the smoke clears, and it's not the one making offers.

Empty Promises is Book Six in the Knight's Fae series, where the truest vows are the ones no one has to say out loud.