The Shadows Between Us By Tricia Levenseller -

"Perhaps your darkness just hasn't met the right kind of light," she countered, her hand hovering inches from the barrier of ink-black smoke. "Or perhaps you're just lonely up there on your pedestal of gloom."

"Step back, Lady Stathos," Kallias said, his voice a low, melodic warning. "The darkness isn't fond of company." The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

"And I," Alessandra whispered, leaning into the freezing cold of his aura, "am the girl who is going to help you rule them. Or take them from you. I haven't quite decided yet." "Perhaps your darkness just hasn't met the right

"I am a king of ghosts and secrets," he said, stepping closer, his eyes searching hers for the fear that usually greeted him. " she countered