Alexia's nightmares become reality: a dead baron, red-eyed wraiths, and forbidden love with a man hunted by these creatures. After an attack close to home, Alexia realizes she cannot keep one foot in her old life and one in this new world. To protec...
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Twelve
Thrown
A stormy night raged. Wheels rattled as a carriage pulled away from an enormous estate. A whip came down. The horses bolted. The driver reeled drunkenly as the conveyance wobbled. It weaved dangerously across the drive.
Lightning.
The carriage flipped and the driver launched upward...
Alexia shot awake, heart racing.
Another dream. They came with growing frequency, and she dreaded every one. Would this one come true, or did her subconscious weave another fiction? Surely her mind had begun fabricating fantasies to keep her away from the terrors she'd experienced.
She reached for her candle,and a cool breeze swept across her hand. The balcony door hung unlatched.
