The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda’s Voice and the rules are simple:

• Grab a book, any book (I, personally, prefer to use my current read.)
• Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that’s ok.)
• Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it)
• Post it

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
(Rise of the Empress, book 1)

Love killed your mother, Guma had always warned her. Give your heart and you lose your soul.