Water Moon

Water Moon

Author: Samantha Sotto Yambao Listening Length: 9h 40m

A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel. On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones...

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Chapter Ten Tails and Tea Boxes

Chapter Ten

Tails and Tea Boxes

On their own, one man’s eyes were not more memorable than another’s. It was how they looked at you that made you remember them. Hana understood, in the moment that Minatozaki Keishin had told her about his lie, that his were going to be impossible to forget. No person’s eyes had ever invited her in. Her father’s had always been guarded, their clients’ more so. But Keishin’s eyes were an open door that drew her inside, offering her a seat and hot green tea.

“I’m sorry for misleading you. I really just wanted to help,” Keishin said. “As you now know, I am a doctor, just not the kind that’s qualified to stitch up wounds.”