"By soul and blood, I swear, Aurora"
Synopsis:
Meet Nathaniel-the king of all magmis and vampires. His clan, the TWELVE was the biggest and most powerful on the continent. He had the women at his feet and everything else in a flash with his dark, brooding appearance, charm, and persona. He was hated in the world of the supernatural. He was brutal, cold, and merciless. His father, Lord Viktor, tortured and mistreated him as a child, molding him into the crueler successor he is now.
He set new laws and made sure that every creature feared him when he assassinated Lord Viktor and gained control of the coterie. If a kid got on his nerve, he wouldn't think twice about killing them. He had killed how many laikan-wolf packs? Countless.
But you don't get to stay on top for long. Witches and laikans under his control turned their backs on him and made an alliance. And it started with the weakening of the chained barrier that protected the twelve clans, and with the great and only sourcerer, Elijah, being in and out of the underworld, there was no one to help him protect his people.
But what a plot twist he was in when he heard a scream for help while he was running through hills!
He tried to ignore the call by running away, but the farther he got, the louder it got, penetrating through his ears, and like without caring about anything, he ran to the source of his voice-to see a girl, all naked and terrified under a tangled mess of net. Fishermen's net.
"My name is Aurora," she shakily said.
Day by day, the cruel king found himself fascinated by how blue her eyes were, and those weird things she said made him smile. And he had never smiled in a very long time. Neither of them could understand the attraction they had for each other. He thought keeping her in fear would make her stay. He thought that keeping her as his pet would guarantee her loyalty.
Ari and Soren's adventures continue as Soren struggles with his new vampiric urges and a coven of witches attempts to recruit Ari for their own ends.
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As dark dreams plague Soren, Ari finds his new abilities difficult to control. Something is awakening within him, and as his power grows, he attracts the attention of a group of witches who call themselves the Hecataeon. They believe Ari is an emanation of the goddess Hecate - a physical manifestation of her power - and they want that power for themselves. With their relationship facing challenges from within, Ari and Soren must find a way to unite their strengths before external forces tear them apart.
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NOTE: This book is the sequel to Bound by Blood.
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Content Warning: Light violence, language, and sexuality. PG-13
Cover designed by Adam Budny