Transcendent: Into the Void (The Transcendent Trilogy Book 1)

by Olivia Patrizzi

This girl could win a war with that gaze. She could make a man forget why he’s fighting in the first place, but I don’t have the luxury of being that man, because not fighting will never be an option for me.

Our minds have separated from our bodies and entered the Void, we call it transcending. It’s only possible when we’re asleep.”

“More often than not, books about the past are written by those who hold the power.

“How did you know I was here?” I ask, crouching down beside him, the moss yielding beneath my touch. “I always know when you’re here.” He smirks, his eyes dancing across my face, and I feel the heat rise in my cheeks. “Is that a Voiden thing?” I ask, hoping he doesn’t notice how red I am, but I know he must. “No,” he tells me, his voice deeper than usual, and I find myself liking the sound of it, needing to hear it again. “It’s a you thing.”

just know, that I would do anything for this girl. She will be my undoing. But more than that, she will be what keeps me going, keeps me fighting, because a world where she’s not by my side, is not a world I wish to live.

“I don’t care what my people think, Anarys. I’m yours. For as long as you want me, my heart belongs to you.”