When Life Gives You Lemons (Sun Tower, #1)

by Noor Sasha

“Kraken.” Alina winces. “It was a kraken.” Jesus Christ. “What did you choose?” I ask her, and she gives me a sympathetic glance. My wife belongs to a mental institution. “You chose the Kraken, didn’t you, sweetheart?” Helena bursts into a deep belly laugh. “Oh! That conversation was timeless. I’ll always remember how confidently she admitted that.” She pats Alina’s cheek. “You’re the luckiest woman to have a man accept your unconventional fantasies.” With a nod, she excuses herself to join another family. I drag my eyes back to Alina. “A Kraken?” “I know.” “Dracula, I can understand. Well, not really, but it’s still a much more subtle choice than a damn octopus,” I say in disbelief. “What octopus?” Zoha asks, blinking innocently at us. “There’s an octopus here?” “It was a book that I read, and— It’s the tentacles, you know?” Alina explains, justifying her whatever-the-fuck sort of monster fantasy this is. “There are ten of them, Azeer. Ten.”