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.
"Didn't I warn you to stay away from her?" Draven seemingly growled.
"I…was…worried for her…" Morpheus managed to speak with his choked voice.
Draven smirked as if he had heard a joke. "Worried for her? You? Weren't you the one who wanted me to mark her? Weren't you the one to push my limits? Now, you act as if you care?"
Morpheus didn't argue and closed his eyes as if he was regretting something.
"Draven," he called and opened his eyes to look at the red-eyed man. "I am serious."
"I don't care. Just stay away from her," Draven warned once again.
Morpheus didn't argue as he himself was filled with guilt and simply stayed quiet. His intuition was telling him it was also the best way to calm the rampaging devil.
Seeing him stay still, Draven loosened his grip around Morpheus's neck, but he warned him before he let him go. "I have marked her—you got what you want. Stay away from her."