She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor Book 1)

Fate made the pattern of the world, and Ouyang was nothing more than a thread joining a beginning and an end.

acerbically

exsanguinated,

dharma?

corrugated

It was like reaching for someone’s cheek in the dark, but finding instead the intimate wetness of their open mouth.

It hadn’t been the speech of a monk detached from earthly concerns, but that of someone keenly aware of his own interests.

genuflection,

prevaricated