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.
The next day, elders from all the clans began visiting Morpheus. Elder Halifax, whom everyone trusted, examined Morpheus's body. Understanding the gravity of the situation, they gathered at the Divine Eagle Clan to discuss their next steps. Agraleus, the most anxious among them, was willing to take any measure to restore Morpheus to his former state.
They all decided to hold a council meeting with the King the following day.
Ember arrived at the healing chambers with Erlos this time, as Draven was occupied with kingdom matters and Evanthe had gone to attend to other concerns. As usual, Ember was guided towards the healing chamber where Cornelia and her apprentices were tending to Morpheus.
Everyone greeted her with polite bows before leaving, leaving Cornelia and Ember alone.
"Did he wake up?" Ember asked.
"He did, but not as he should have," Cornelia replied. "Perhaps your presence and talking to him might have a positive effect."