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.
"I am sorry," Ember replied in a weak voice.
Erlos stared at her for a while and said, "Miss, why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong." His long ears twitched as he voiced out his frustration. "It should be me who should apologize. I should have warned you what kind of person she is beforehand. But you don't need to bother with her. She is nothing but a spoiled brat because Sire is her guardian."
Ember simply smiled at him to show her thanks, and just then, Clio and Reya appeared with the tea and snacks. When they saw Isa was not there, they felt instant relief.
"Miss, you should have tea to help improve your mood." Clio arranged tea for her on the balcony.
Erlos was ready to leave, "I shall excuse myself then."
"Wait," Ember stopped him. "Have a tea with me? They made more than enough for two people…"
Seeing her large innocent gaze, Erlos did not have the heart to refuse.