A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix (Remixed Classics)

by C.B. Lee

“Once you’ve experienced ocean, nothing else is considered water.”

The Pearl House may serve rogues and gamblers and all the unsavory parts of town that officials would like to forget, but places like this are the hub of all Canton.

I love that as setting.

I thought you and I had something there, hm?”

ANH is a devilish charmer part 1.

She knows me because I let her, and I was a fool.

I’ve wanted for so long to know anything about him—how did he like his tea, if he would have appreciated the view from the mountain, if he too liked poetry, and now

The city is filled with early risers at this hour—people feeding their chickens in their courtyards, wafts of steams billowing from kitchens, street hawkers piling their wares high, ready for the day.

Love a city waking up moment. I think it's a holdover from storytelling in animated shows.

Some people can’t help if they’re pretty,” Anh says, winking at me.

My girl :)

“Xiang-xiang,” Anh says, the nickname rolling off her tongue effortlessly like she hasn’t even thought about it.