The tale of a man who brings death and a girl who denies it. ---- On the haunted mountain in the kingdom, they say there lived a witch. She was born a princess. But even before her birth, the priest declared her to be cursed and demanded her death. They poisoned the mother to kill the baby before she gave birth, but the baby was born out of the dead mother—a cursed child. Again and again, they tried to kill the baby but she miraculously survived every single attempt. Giving up, they abandoned her on the haunted mountain to die but she still survived on that barren land— A witch ‘Why won’t she die?’ Years later, the people finally had enough of the witch and decided to burn the mountain. But the Devil arrived to her rescue and took her with him from that burning place, because dying was not her destiny even then. Draven Amaris. The Black Dragon, who ruled over supernatural beings, the Devil who no one wished to cross a path with. He hated humans but this certain human girl would pull him towards her whenever she was in danger. ‘Is she really a human?’ He took the human with him and named this mysteriously tenacious girl “Ember”, a piece of glowing coal in a dying fire. A soul tainted with vengeance and the darkness of hell, would rise from the ashes and fulfil her revenge. ------ This is the second book from the series of The Devils and Witches. 1st book - Witch's daughter and the Devil's son. 3rd book- The Devil's Betrothed. All books are connected to each other but you can read them as stand-alone.
"Master crying…Master sad…" Ray started to chirp and make a fuss, causing one of her servants to enter her room to check on her.
It was Clio. "Miss, are you not feeling well? Are you feeling pain somewhere?"
Ember wiped her tears. "I am fine."
Clio didn't know what to say and simply decided to cheer her up. "Should I get a couple of books from your study to help you pass the time?"
Just then, Reya entered the chamber. "Miss, His Majesty is here to see you."
Ember did not respond. Though she didn't want to see her mate, he was the King. As the owner of the place where she's staying, who could stop him?
The things Isa said to her were still in her mind.
'...living off His Majesty's grace like a leech…'
'...whoever raised you taught a good-for-nothing like you to leech off someone in power in order to survive…'
'…you truly embrace all the ugly things about humankind from your nanny…'
Ember let out a shaky breath.