Bastards and Thorns (The Shadow Series, Book 2)

Alvina and Quinn have never been further apart, but their connection to the spirits might be what reconnects them again.

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Quinn av Stál is slowly losing his mind. He's sure of that, and the only thing keeping him together is his fiancé Islo Charred. When he starts discovering the true range of the powers reciding within him, the world around him slowly crumbles away. His sense of security is gone. The rebels are not afraid of making good of their threats.

Alvina av Stál has gone into hiding in the spirit world, while she waits for her girlfriend, Dy, to heal after getting shot in Bursaaq. Big questions of whether or not she even wants to leave arises and are only made harder when she finds her oldest brother's soul. She has a calling and she wants to save her brother, but at the same time the fear is crippling her.