Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist, #2)

by Renée Ahdieh

It took Mariko a breath to see the truth beneath his words. “Are you jealous?” A pause. “Only a fool would not be.”

Perhaps this was what it meant to feel love. To be together and apart in the same instant.

Ever the hero. Ever the villain.

“Sleep well, Lady Mariko. You are loved. It isn’t enough, but it’s all I have.”