Azima Rousseau, a demon hunter destined to save her world from the denizens of the Underworld, has to venture through the Seven Levels of Hell in order to face its Prince and close the rift between their worlds once and for all. ***** Ever since her eighteenth birthday, Azima Rousseau knew she would die battling the forces of Hell just as her mother had, and every other Rousseau before her. So when her destiny delivers her to Death's door, it is not the Devil who answers, but the Demon Prince Malecoda. Instead of ending her fated existence as his sworn enemy, he decides to bind her into a pact that challenges not only the intensity of her will to survive but also the integrity of her soul to persevere. Together they soon discover who the monsters truly are- Azima's own people. [[ 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST ]] ---------- Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

𝟏 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧. __ Accalia Larren was born into a bloodline of hunters. A hunter family that rid the world of lycans and their descendants, werewolves. Having no choice but to befriend the hunt, what if one act of duty leads her into the arm's of her Alpha Mate? All too quickly, Accalia's life is signed away and she finds herself in the clutches of a nefarious Alpha that would rather harm her than free her. More beast than human, the Alpha speaks only of secrecy and manipulation. And as the moon courses through its cycle, waxing and waning, whispers of war will be spoken as a string of death follows as something within the shadows taunts lycans and hunters.

"You're playing with fire Safania." "Good thing I don't burn." The last words he spoke before throwing me onto my bed sounded like a threat, but felt more like a promise. "You will." *** Don't get caught. Those are the three words Safania has lived by for the past five years. As a marked woman - easily identified by intricate bronze marks on her back and unpredictable special abilities - she has spent the past five years running from anyone who might exploit those abilities...especially the royal families who tortured marked women to build their empires. Starving, exhausted, and frozen, she collapses by the bank of a river just to wake up in her worst nightmare: the chambers of a prince. Prince Cassius is his father's first choice of his three brothers to ascend to the throne. He's smart, strategic, and stoic, unlike his corrupt and depraved brothers. There's just one problem: he has no interest in any of his proposed marital matches, and the King will only pick someone as his successor who he knows will carry on the family line. But once he meets Safania, he finds himself unable to imagine ruling the kingdom without her by his side. Can he convince her to trust him? *** Warning: this story contains mature and potentially triggering themes including domestic violence and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.

A bodyguard, a girl with a smart mouth, and lots of tension.