For a millennium, the Realm of Cruor has lived in the dark, scorched lands since the Great war, in which the Taking of the Old Royals, and the Placing of the New Royals followed. The remembrance of the Dragons of House Feire that destroyed their lands, burnt their ancestors alive, and ruled over the Realm hovered among memories. For the Royals of now, it's become harder and harder for the Royals that rule over all of the Realm, the House Gueron, to conceal their secrets.
Amandla has lived all of her life, serving the Nobles, Knights, Lords, and Royals of Royal's Landing, not knowing her very own last name. Now, blamed for a crime she didn't commit, Amandla must make the hardest decision of her life; flee to another land, leave everything behind, albeit, not much, or face hanging for being falsely accused.
Corbin Water, the bastard son of Orev Heriet, commander of House and Land of the Serpent, is his House's best defender, along with his father's biggest mistake.
Shivani and Thana Revier are the twin daughters of Alaistar Revier, though they don't have much in common, they share the same mark of shame, the scorched, scaly flesh of a monster; of a dragon.
Through the lands of Realm Cruor, there is a cold as deadly as acid flame, which is rising an army of the dead, the undead, man, and mythic creatures.
For a millennium, since the time of the Great War, there has never been creatures as such, all except man, since the Feire bloodline was sentenced to death by the new Royals of House Gueron.
House Feire was wiped out, with their House symbol and creatures of myth, the Dragons, along with every other myth. None have been seen since, until now.. When small towns and lands are destroyed, pillaged, as such, the Realm begins to suspect it is the work of an unknown army.
Though, the Realm, especially the Royals of Now, don't expect what's coming.
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"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨."
Valerie Tenebris is not human. She never was, and never will be. She is a monster, a nightmare, a killer, who dreams of an ancient battlefield and a different, brutal world where stars fall and dark blood stains the earth.
Kye Merran is an Ember, one who wields fire magic. When a childhood friend shows up at his house with a strange girl who is bleeding black blood, he knows that he's getting into something he definitely shouldn't. Especially when the Dark King of Rurik, who may have much more to him than it seems, is looking to conquer another kingdom or two, preferably with a powerful, dark queen at his side.
But Kye can't seem to stay away from the mysterious girl with the blood of Darkness. And Val can't stay away from Kye either, no matter how much she claims that she hates him.
As Val, Kye, and their friends race to stop the Dark King and his approaching army, what they don't realize is that they are playing a part in an ancient, deadly game, a game between the light and the dark, one years in the making.
But it is a game which neither of them can win, for their fates have already been determined by the desperate Gods, written in blood among the stars.
Cover picture credit: Laura Sheridan
**VIOLENCE, MENTION OF CHILD ABANDONMENT, ALCOHOLISM, RAPE, ASSAULT, DEATH, TORTURE, AND ABUSE**
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**There will be a sequel; it will be a duology!