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

by Renée Ahdieh

“Never worship any man, Hattori Mariko.” Ōkami steadied her. “But always be worshipped.”

“Traitor,” Roku seethed. Blood dripped from his cracked lips. His chest moved in shallow breaths. “You think this is the end?” He coughed. “I will kill you, and I will watch your mother burn. Your whore wife will die alongside her. I will return to the city and take what is rightfully—” Raiden kicked him down the stairs.

I'm dying of laughter!

“Ours is a love stronger than fear and deeper than the sea,”