The Helio's Bride
A princess with a twisted past. When her fate takes an unfortunate turn, she is thrown off her pedestal and into the web of marriage with the bloodthirsty king of the enemy kingdom. Faced with life and death choices, Delaney must decide whether to side with the enemy—her new husband—or her family who betrayed her. __ As the son of the sun goddess, Darius finds his life unnecessarily long and boring. Until he meets his bride, Delaney, the feisty, fiery princess who is rumored to have rejected suitors by the dozen, the only female descendant of his arch nemesis, and a demon princess. When they get married, will he use her in his quest for revenge, or fall in the trap of her charm like every other male does?
Reunion (1)
When he arrived home, he was surprised to see his mother still awake in the bottom floor sitting area. He considered sneaking to his chambers without alerting her but knew she had heard his footsteps long before his arrival. Sure enough, she raised her head from the book she had her nose buried in as soon as he was close enough.
"It's late," she said with a gentle smile.
"Which is why you shouldn't be awake, Mother. You should get some sleep." He gave her a brief hug and grabbed the chance to quickly steer her attention away from him, but she was not having it.
"You smell like a demon."
He raised his brows, stepping away from her as if that would deter her nose from detecting the remnants of Regina's scent on him. "Maybe that's because I'm a demon, Mother."