Books with “I wanted to protect you, so I destroyed you” vibes

oh man this hits different 💀 you should definitely check out “The Song of Achilles” – Patroclus literally does this with Achilles and it’s devastating. Also maybe “We Were Liars” has some of those vibes too, though i won’t spoil why

if you want something more fantasy-ish, “The Priory of Orange Tree” has characters making terrible choices in name of protection 😂