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.
After crossing half the distance, Erlos decided to take a stop at a place by the riverside as he didn't want to tire Ember too much. He was mindful that her human body was not used to such a long journey and that too on horseback.
"Miss, how about a short break by the river? You should stretch your limbs while we let the horse feed," Erlos suggested as they had already lowered their horses' speed back to a slow trot.
Ember almost let out a cheer. She was glad that she could give rest to her hurting bottom from the constant jerks. "Please, let's do that."
When they found a good spot by the riverbank, Erlos easily jumped down from his chestnut horse while Ember had to struggle to climb down that large white horse who was far much taller than her. Climbing it seemed easier than getting down from it.
Her struggle continued until Erlos reached her side. "Miss, let me help you."
Ember looked at him with an awkward gaze. "That…."