The Devil's Cursed Witch
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.
Such A Kid
Ember opened the bundle made of hide and found exotic-looking red fruits wrapped inside. The red fruits were in the shape of a flame as big as her fist and their skin was covered in scales that looked like flickering fire. She held one in her palm and observed it.
"It is called Dragon Fire fruit," she heard Morpheus say.
She could not help but be awed at how fitting the name was. "No wonder it looks like a flame."
"It will help you keep warm," he commented.
"Thank you." Ember then wondered how to eat this fruit. 'How do I start eating this? Do I bite it or do I need to peel it first? But its skin looks hard.'
As if Morpheus understood her concern, he sighed and sat next to her. "Give it to me."
She passed one fruit to him and watched him peel its skin. He started by pulling those scale-like skin and the peel of the fruit started to come off.