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 Draven left, Leeora helped Ember get ready with the help of other maidservants. She was the King's mate now and the servants were being specially careful how to treat her. Since she would be going out, she should look more presentable than how she normally looked.
With the help of one of the servants who was a water-attributed fairy, they gave the human girl a proper bath as she hadn't properly washed up for the past two days.
The female servants were thrilled to put on new clothes on Ember, as there was rarely a chance for them to dress up anyone in the palace. During the time the King's mate was unconscious, they weren't idle either and sewed new clothes for her.
"Oh dear, you look like a doll," Leeora could not help but exclaim.