Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Ren felt bad when he saw her eating in such a hurry. “Slow down. No one’s going to stop you from eating,” he chided. “But I’m so hungry! I only took a couple of bites at your house today,” Ruka exclaimed, but her words were a little muffled by how full her mouth was.

Ren gave her an affectionate smile. “You won’t be able to sleep tonight if you’re too full.”

“Then, if I can’t sleep tonight, can I sleep in tomorrow?” Ruka asked. She felt the need to seek his permission each time she wanted to sleep in at his house, or else, she would not be able to sleep well.

“You can sleep for as long as you want,” Ren promised as his smile widened. Ruka looked at him and asked, “How should I address you now?”

“What would you prefer?” he ventured expectantly. “Ren, Ruka declared. By dropping the ‘mister, it felt like they would become equals now.

for now, but you’ll have to use something else after the May elections,” Ren reminded. He could not

realized what he meant, she blushed and nodded shyly.

not the one that was hungry. Every fiber of his being yearned for the woman who sat in front of him right now. He could barely push the feeling away. It was fine when she was not around him, but now that she was here with him and smiling so brightly, he found that his patience was

Ruka turned to look and saw what was happening,

quickly set her cutlery down and rushed out to the garden to enjoy the first

in the snow like. a carefree child who was trying to find the prettiest snowflake. He had been standing there for

nearly forgotten about her fainting spell earlier today. She was still a little weak from the

In her dizziness, she instinctively fell

still trying to catch her breath, but she buried