Chapter 1

The demons watched her from the shadows of the trees. They waited for the shining one. Adara almost grinned in glee.

Let them attack. She did not fear them, and she refused to cower. She feigned nonchalance as she kept walking, en route to her rendezvous.

Rendezvous with whom?

The answer proved elusive, and she didn't force it. She had other things to deal with, such as demons.

Acting casual, she tried to count how many were in the woods. Definitely more than a handful. At least it would prove to be a sporting battle, one to get her blood pumping. Her adrenaline fierce.

What of the danger? She feared nothing in the borderlands. Nothing except discovery. And even that had its own thrill.

But the greatest delight of all came from him.

She almost skipped in her eagerness.

Almost.

A warrior did not skip.