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.
"Why do you have such an expression, child?"
"I-I…"
"Were you scared?"
Ember looked down as she nervously chewed on her lips.
"It's nothing to be scared about."
"But the butterflies…"
"No one expects perfection on their first try," Leeora explained. "Even elves, who are born with a strong affinity for nature, have difficulty using magic when we are young. Some of the weaker elves won't even be able to control the magic in their cores, and when they try to use magic for the first time, incidents like yours happen." Leeora tried to comfort her. "Everyone has to go through it including me."
"You too, Elder?"
"Of course."
"But you are not a weak elf. Since you are a High Elder, aren't you very strong?" Ember asked.