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.
Draven was having an internal battle where one side of him wanted to go to her while the other one was telling him to continue resisting.
The ignorant human girl had no idea of the struggles of the man inside the study. With her focus on the teapot on the tray, she walked inside with slow and steady steps, trying her best to keep her balance while carrying that heavy wooden tray, not willing to spill the tea in front of her mate. She had been way too clumsy in front of the King, and this time, she didn't wish to embarrass herself.
Though his emotionless and cold gaze was making her nervous, she continued to walk, wondering in her mind, 'Why is he staring at me without saying a word? Oh, wait! I forgot that it was polite to knock first. And…and…' She struggled to remember what else the servants and other people do in front of Draven. 'Have I upset him by coming to his study unannounced?'