Read the first five chapters of the New York Times bestselling Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, book two in the Lunar Chronicles!
Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.
Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.
When the love of Prince Kaito's life is killed, he longs for nothing more but to be with her once more. And as fate-or death-would have it, Kai is given another chance to be with his dear Selene, but at a steep cost. His Selene will reincarnate ten times, and if Kai can find her and make her to fall in love with him once more, he will be allowed to die by her side. If not, Kai will spend the rest of eternity as a slave to death. Kai has reached the final reincarnation-Cinder Linh-and is determined to win her over. But things may not be as easy as they seem. Will Kai convince his past lover to fall in love with him, or will he suffer damnation?
A mostly modern-day AU revolving around Cinder and Kai with a hint of some very made up fairytales.
Note: most of this stuff is all made up by me. If you actually know Chinese legends, kudos to you. These are mostly made by me. Also the wonderful characters in this story belong to the wonderful Marissa Meyer.