The Stars Are Dying (Nytefall Trilogy #1)

by Chloe C. Peñaranda

Never before had I known what it was like to crave dancing in the rain until I was touched by a night storm.

“If we’re lost or apart, we’ll look up and know we’re mapping the same stars. And should death part us, we’ll know the other made it to the skies when the star that shines the brightest gives three blinks.”

I had no need to counter his words. The wound within me had been split open stitch by stitch and there was nothing he could do to mend it. So I lay back down and watched the fire rage. “Rest now. When you wake, the world will still be cruel and your heart will still be bleeding, but you are breathing, Astraea. And every breath is a reminder that you live for something.”

“Only when the crown shifts will your heart and loyalty be tested. Not all written pasts are true, and not all futures told are certain.”

The stars were dying, and I didn’t want to become one of them if he left.