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.
Shanel had no option but to obey the King's decree. The court lady carried the bowl of medicine to Sephina while Shanel could only shed tears while standing on the side. The court lady passed it to the servant she brought with her, who then fed that medicine to Sephina. The second wife of the Crown Prince drank with her eyes closed, tears streaming down her face.
Once she finished, she lay down on bed as heavy drowsiness threatened to pull her under. She knew the moment she slept, she would never wake up again.
"Please sleep well, my lady. His Majesty's last act of mercy is to make sure you can leave this world as peacefully as possible," the court lady said as the next moment Sephina gasped heavily. She wanted to at least see her beloved husband one last time, but as her eyes opened, the world had turned pitch black.
The second her eyes fluttered close, there was no life left inside her.