The Demon in the Wood (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #0.5)

by Leigh Bardugo

“Your true name is written here,” she said tapping his chest. “Tattooed on your heart. You don’t let just anyone read it.”

“I know, I know,” she mimicked. “You sound like a crow cawing.”

Deep blue like the True Sea. Red like the roofs of the Shu temples. The pure,

buttery color of sunlight—not really yellow or gold, what would you call it? All the colors you couldn’t see in the dark.

He understood then. The Grisha lived as shadows did, passing over the surface of the world, touching nothing, forced to change their shapes and hide in corners, driven by fear as shadows were driven by the sun. No safe place. No haven. There will be, he promised in the darkness, new words written upon his heart. I will make one.