He didn't want this power in the first place but now he's trapped with it. He's a danger to her. All she wants is the power to protect herself so she can return home. She's terrified of him. They just want to see their best friend and brother again but have no idea the dangerous path they are sliding down headfirst. Book Two. Book TWO. This is the second book in a series after Burning so please make sure to read before you start this one or you'll just be saying 'huh?' a lot.

Opal knows nothing. She's been told she cannot go outside the barrier because its unsafe. She's been told monsters aren't real. She's been told she was almost killed in a rockslide. She's been told that's why her memory is gone. But if that's the case, why are some of the detainees wearing special safeguards to keep them compliant? Why if it's so dangerous past the barrier, was she trying to escape beyond it? And why would she risk her life to do so?

"What's a kiss?" He asked in my right ear, sending a shiver up my spine. "What's a kiss?" He was suddenly on my left. "What's a kiss." I heard from above. "Tell me, Lucilia." I placed my hand on the back of my neck, defeatedly shook my head and sighed. "Alright." Everything immediately became deathly silent and still, but I could practically feel his eagerness all around as if it were tangible. "It's sort of when you, well, when you touch your lips to someone else's in a show of affection." I was thankful it was so dark since I was no doubt blushing terribly. Then I remembered that he could see perfectly in this pitch black pit of godawful nothingness... Dammit. The soft inquisitive clicks of his crown were suddenly right in front of me. "Oh, I actually do know what that is." His hand very gently lifted my chin up. "It's like this..." -: ✧ :-✧-: ✧ :- The crown prince of an undead kingdom denounces his claim to the throne and flees to the abyssal wilderness to be a lonesome wanderer for all time. That is until he rescues a terrified human girl who has unfortunately stumbled into his world of eternal darkness and inverted life. Desperate for companionship, and out of the goodness of his heart, he offers her his protection until she can safely return to the living world. But the longer she's with him, the harder the thought of letting her go becomes... (This is the spin-off sequel to "Unbinding the Demon." It will contain major spoilers for the first story. So I recommend reading in succession. ❤) ***WARNING*** This book is intended for 18+ readers. It contains lots of explicit smutty sex scenes, mature language, suicidal intentions, mild drug use, extreme violence, and gore. IF YOU ARE READING THIS BOOK ON TEENFIC.NET YOU ARE READING A PLAGIARIZED VERSION AND ARE AT RISK OF A MALWARE ATTACK! TEENFIC DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO POST THIS BOOK! YOU CAN READ IT SAFELY ON WATTPAD, INKITT, AND LUTIONARY!

"Don't bite your lip in front of me like that, Buttercup, or I might have to bend you over and f*ck you right here in this musty old library." Although he practically whispered, his deep voice was rough, almost a growl. He brushed his thumb across my lips, while moving his other hand from the wall to grab my waist and pull me closer to him. Oh snap... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After spending five millennia imprisoned and bound in The Abyss, the demon Azathoth is finally released by a valiant sorceress. Now he must convince the only girl who can seemingly unbind his powers to do just that before his time runs out. His plan? He'll just have to make her fall in love with him. This is the first draft version of the book. There is an updated and edited version available in paperback, hardcover, or e-book on Amazon Kindle. WARNING: This book is intended for 18+ readers. It contains LOTS of explicit smutty sex scenes, mature language, mild drug use, violence, and gore.

Eleven years later, in the city of Oxford, he met her again for the first time... In 1870, Jack Cade is admitted to the new-breed stronghold of Pandemonium, a colony of people just like him: descendants of the vanished demon race, all of them extraordinary in little ways, and deranged in much bigger ones. There, he falls in love with Ellini Syal, a shy, insular woman who spends most of her time scampering barefoot over the Edinburgh rooftops. In 1881, he meets her again, but has no idea who she is. All he knows is that there are dark, horribly suggestive gaps in his memory, and that Ellini is running from something she refuses to talk about. Can he work out who she is and what she's done in time to save her from the creatures pursuing her? Can he save himself from the amnesia and the creeping indifference that are eating him up piece by piece? Or is amnesia preferable to the kind of memories he will have to unearth? The Great Ellini is the first book in the epic historical-fantasy-romance The Powder Trail, a series where the past and the present meet, part, and reunite with explosive consequences. AWARDS (for full list see Author Notes): 1st Place - Paranormal (The Misfit Awards 2022) 1st Place - Fantasy (Clouded Ink Awards 2022) 1st Place - Fantasy (The Pink Cloud Awards 2023) FEATURES (for full list see Author Notes): StoriesUndiscovered - Into the Abyss (01/10/2022) StudsandVixens - On-going Beaut (27/09/2022) WattpadDarkFantasy - A Kingdom in Shadows (11/09/2022) Lowfantasy - A History Unlikely (05/12/2022) Rankings: #1 Oxford (23/09/2022) #1 victoriangothic (09/09/2022) #1 darkfantasyromance (09/09/2022) #2 wellwritten (24/10/2022) #9 historicalfantasy (15/09/2022) #14 gothic (31/10/2022) #20 mysteryromance (24/10/2022) Cover and graphics by the amazing @AnnamitaMuscaria

Was she going to get herself killed? Probably. There is something fascinating about this boy in the library looking for missing books. She just has to know his secret. But he's not the only one who wants to protect it.