It was true: hope could be unkind. You opened yourself up to the worst of wounds because you wanted to believe that something good could finally happen. But if you didn't? You missed this. This intense and prefect moment in which, while the world was almost literally going to hells all around you, hope and reality blended in a single, perfect note.

Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos/Cast in Ruin/Cast in Peril (ed. MIRA, 2016) - ISBN: 9781460399316