Heir Of Sun And Moon (The Five Realms, #1)

by Jenessa Ren

Do books count as friends? If so, then I have hundreds—no, more than a thousand—of those.

“When the stars try to lead you away from the false king, follow them. Look to the east for the answers you seek.”

“If I win,” I say slowly, glancing around to make sure no one is within earshot, “I get to decide where I want your tongue.”

I think about how the moon wouldn’t be seen if it were not for the sun, how its very visibility is tied to how brightly something else burns. Maybe I’m more like the moon than I realized. Except the something that set me aglow was actually a someone.

The only thing I know for certain at this moment is that he will either be my downfall or my salvation.

“There is only you.”

I’m a shell of a person and he is like a full moon in a midnight sky—brilliant, comforting, and amazingly beautiful but also completely out of reach.

“I have thought of nothing else—no one else—but you since the moment our eyes met for the first time.”

“The truth is that when I look at you,” he rasps, “it’s like peering into a blazing sun. I’m drawn to you, and I would happily go blind if your face was the last thing I saw.”

“I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere. Nothing in this realm or any other could get me to leave you. Nothing,”