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.
Outside the cottage, Evanthe approached Ember. "You shall return to the palace, Ember."
"What's wrong with him? Is it really because I harmed him?" Ember asked, her voice trembling with concern.
Evanthe shook her head. "No. He has his reasons. Do not worry."
"What reasons?" Ember pressed.
"He has just lost his mind after that incident. That's the reason," Evanthe answered, then turned to Erlos. "Take her back to the palace."
"Ember, please," Erlos requested gently.
With no other choice, Ember left with Erlos.
Aureus and Cornelia stepped out of the cottage as well.
Evanthe turned to Aureus. "You should stay by his side. Just keep in mind, do not accept any of his unreasonable requests."
"I won't," Aureus assured her and returned inside.
Evanthe looked at Cornelia. "You should go and rest as well. He will be fine with Aureus around."