Katherine Webber

Fly away safe, little Wren.

Rose, grow strong and true.

she had always turned to books. They had been her escape, her comfort, her greatest joy.

He would go to the ends of the earth for her. And she would go, too, so long as he was there.

‘Because I love that you know who you are now,’

‘I choose you, Rose Valhart, and I will never stop choosing you. I promise you that. And this: I will do whatever I can in my power to bring you happiness, to keep you safe and to make you mine.’

‘This place might be my kingdom but you are my world, Rose. I love you.’

‘I’d never let you do this alone. If my heart is going to war, then so am I.’