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.
As per decorum, Aureus gave a polite greeting towards the King of Agartha and his mate, but Morpheus simply ignored Draven and spoke to Ember with a dismayed smile. "Well, I was thinking of inviting you to join me and Aureus in touring some of the scenic spots you hadn't seen beyond the Forest of the Elves …but…I guess not today."
With this pretty little lady smelling so enticingly sweet, not even Morpheus had the confidence he could resist. He was scared of the beastly instincts inside him.
Seeing how Morpheus changed his plan on his own, Ember realized it was probably due to the smell brought about by her so-called fertile days. Ember was reminded of Draven's instruction of staying away from those of the shapeshifter race.
"Hmm, maybe some other day," Ember agreed. "But then, I already made plans for today so I would have declined. I will be visiting the territory of the witches with Erlos."