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 sound of flapping wings pulled Aureus out of his daze. He realized someone was coming towards him. The older eagle landed at the deck of the nest where Aureus was standing.
"Greetings, Lord Aureus."
"Granduncle, I told you just call me by name." Despite saying that, Aureus' face brightened. "Is there any news about my uncle?"
The gray eagle shook his head. "Not yet. I am here for another urgent matter."
"What is it?"
"I am here to ask you to take control of the clan as the situation needs it now."
Aureus lost his smile. "We've talked about this matter already."
Agraleus gave a brief summary of the situation within the territory.
"...and they keep neglecting my instructions. The elders ended up indulging in fighting with fox clan members, and the warriors tried to cover each other's behavior, not reporting the correct situation. We do not want the King to meddle in the internal fighting of us shapeshifters…"