Everywhere but his tail, which was situated close enough to the trees’ shadow that the moonlight didn’t touch it.

I looked to see Ristriel ethereal once more. The first-quarter moon peeked over the tops of the trees, and I caught a shift of colors from the corner of my eye. I tried to see what he saw, but there was nothing special in the heavens tonight except for my star, who twinkled merrily among her siblings. Only open to the sky.” He tilted his muzzle upward. He smiled ever so faintly-at least, as much as a horse could. Ristriel seemed a mellow-minded being, but I didn’t want to test his temper. I had an impulse to touch him, to test my words, but decided better of it. His coat glimmered like the sky above, shimmering violet where the firelight touched fur. I glanced over, shocked to see a very solid animal beside me. The blanket shifted as the dog-sized horse stepped onto it.

I watched the sky for nearly an hour before she popped up over the tops of the trees. As I chewed my bread, I lay back on the blanket, looking for my star. Whatever sacrifices lie ahead, they’re the only way to make an impossible true love last forever.Night swallowed the wood whole and completely. Saiyon can’t support such a risk.Īija chooses to follow her heart to places darker and more dangerous than she realizes. When Saiyon’s faltering powers are restored to full glory, what then? There’s a way Aija can become immortal, too. For Aija, an unfathomable revelation: she’s falling in love with the earthbound Sun God. His enemies, godlings of the moon.īetween Aija and Saiyon, attraction grows warmer. To Aija, a farmhand with the soul of an artist, this beautiful stranger is an inspiration - and a mystery. His skin is as hot as her lantern’s glass and just as golden. On the fourth day of endless night, Aija finds an unconscious man by the river. It happens in an instant, filling Aija with dread: The Sun is suddenly cast from the sky, throwing the Earth into midday darkness. In a heavenly war, the moon is prevailing. Holmberg, Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Star Mother. When the heavens go dark, hearts still glow for a mortal woman and a god in an exhilarating fantasy by Charlie N.

Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg