Emerson's loss has crippled her, the loss of her family, the loss of her Entrella, the loss of light. Emerson has plunged herself and the world into darkness after the loss of Rye. Her very soul is shattered and she doesn't care to pick up the pieces. Instead, she wants to watch the world go up in smoke. The plan comes to a shattering halt when she realizes that she doesn't have the power she used to have. Will she let that stop her or will her revenge on Rin be the last thing she does, and it just might be. Gale's intent will be put to the test. His intent to save the Seven Royal Regions, his intent to save Emerson, and his intent to somehow fill the shoes that Rye has left. Will he be able to become the King that people want to be or will he be haunted by the ghost of a man he always wanted to be. The rebels are looking up to him asking him to lead but can he lead the way he wants them too. The two will go head to head and toe to toe. As they learn their goals don't quite align. Will Gale be able to put his love for Emerson aside to save his people or we he let her darkness consume the world. Emerson's darkness will consume everything if someone doesn't show her the light. That is until someone, shows it to her.

Avaryn Alastors life couldn't possibly get any worse. That's what she told herself the second her feet crossed the threshold of Crestwood Academy. But boy, was she wrong. She'd never wanted to attend the most prestigious stuck-up school only made for the rich and the smart. She'd never even wanted to apply. But tragedy struck her family and it had always been her moms dream. The first day she's there she makes a fool out of herself in front of the most popular group in all of Crestwood. And to make matters worse one of them is her roommate! They call themselves the Devara. (Stupid, she knows). And yet she can't help but feel drawn to them. Drawn to everything about them. So Avaryn does what she does best, she investigates. Only what she finds is a whole other dangerous world. A world of secrets and pain and even magic. The Devara is supernatural. They come from a whole other world. Not only that but they are heirs to this world. They are royalty. And with royalty comes enemies ... And now these enemies want Avaryn. And the only way she'll survive is sticking with the Devara. That is ... If she doesn't kill them first. Mystery, romance, death, lies. A plot twist you won't see coming. Shadows of Ash and Gold.

Book two 🖤 Avaryn Alastor thought she was a normal teen. Thought. But ever since she moved to Crestwood Academy her life had turned upside down. She had been thrust into a world of magic and deception. A world split between two species. Devara and Greer. The Devaras are beings of light and goodness. The Greer are beings of shadows and evil. And Avaryn just so happens to be both. And with being both she must pick a side. But how can she choose between her friends and a potential love? How can she choose between good and evil?

After the tragic loss of her family, Emerson is adopted by the head of the royal courts. She uses the loss of her family to save other people around her. Emerson uses her magic to steal and kills to provide for those who have no magic at all. She uses her magic to rise the ranks and make a name for herself in the city. However, her adopted family makes her keep a magic a secret, if anyone finds out about where her magic actually came from. If someone found out she would be hunted and killed. One day she is offered a job that could help hundreds of people that job, she is to kill the High Heir of Ignacia. After the death of his Father, Prometheus Ryegulias Brande, is now the High Heir and ruler of Ignacia. As one of the strongest Burners in years, Rye must step up and fill in the role that his Father has left for him. With Rye's rule a new High God must be chosen, one to rule over all of the Seven Royal Regions, including Ignacia. In order to compete for the throne Rye must be Betrothed, so he throws a competition to find a powerful match that would help him win the throne. At the competition Emerson focuses on assassinating the High Heir, for what she thinks is the greater good. However, a steep betrayal causes her failure. Rye finds out about the assassination and calls for her public execution, but before he can kill her, she reveals the one secret she has been hiding for seventeen years. Instead of killing her Rye uses this to his advantage and gives Emerson a choice. With her choice the two are tied together and are a battle that might cost them their lives. With enemies from every region and those planning their demise, the two must fight for the throne with everything they've got. While they fight for the throne they also fight for each other's hearts. In a battle of wills the characters must risk their lives to save all seven regions or die trying.

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. It's the beginning of a new age when Jaylah Imperatrix seemingly returns from the dead to reclaim her throne. And in perfect timing. In her absence, evil has begun to rise. Ruthless and bloodthirsty Seifer Daggen will stop at nothing until he usurps the Oceanic throne. He is also relentless in his plans to eradicate Jaylah before she finds him and attempts to end his life. With the help of mercenary Alexander Khan - whose allegiance is terrifyingly unclear - Jaylah may have a chance to save her nation from the rapidly growing threat. Jaylah soon finds that her criminal partner can stir up suspicion in her just as easily as he can make her cold heart feel things she's never felt before. But the shakily allied Alexander is not her only concern. The Queen must travel to distant lands, build her court, face an unknown deceiver and realize who she truly is before quenching the fire of revenge in her heart. Her throne, people, and life depend on it. A crown can be a bloody burden. ( BOOK 1 : completed ) ( BOOK 2 : updated fridays 2pm pst )

▪︎ Kaitlyn Winchester. ▪︎ Lycan by birth. Assasin by occupation. During her entire life after being found in the woods by the Assasin's leader and bought up in his creed, all she wanted to do was fulfil the one thing the man who raised her wanted desperately. To kill Valerian Kingston, the Raven King. Achingly beautiful, terribly cunning and fiendishly cruel. He was like a book with blank pages. So mysterious that it whacked Kaitlyn's already confused brain. But Valerian had secrets far too dangerous and a past far too haunting. What happens when she realizes that the way her heart fluttered at his sight, the way the thought of him dying bought a dull ache to her heart. . . It wasn't all without a reason. And then there's the fact that she's the lost princess of the lycan kingdom. . .