Esmerelda was always a curious child, but magic was taken out of her life at a young age, just like her parents were. Esmeralda, a girl taken under the wing of the notorious assassin king, Nikolai. Nikolai decided it was in his best interest to teach Esmerelda to be an assassin of her own, despite how highly frowned upon it was for a girl to become one.
Esmerelda, or Esme, as her friend Wes calls her, does her best to please her master, and does the best she can to forget about her past. As little as she remembers. That of which is encouraged by Nikolai himself.
Unbeknownst to Esme, Nikolai was preparing her to become his successor, and become the Queen of assassins, despite the scorn placed around her being an assassin already. Esme tried her best to become the best she could be. To both please Nikolai and to earn the respect of the people around her, no matter the costs.
But despite her efforts to abandon her past, it comes back to bite her in the rear. Proving to all, that you cannot outrun fate.
He was born royalty a tri-breed prince, the first of his kind. She was just a human girl with fire in her heart and no idea the supernatural world even existed.
But the moment he found her, the bond snapped into place; wild, forbidden, and far too early.
She couldn't remember.
He could never forget.
He watched from the shadows, hungered in silence, torn between the duty of a king and the pull of a mate the universe marked for him.
She grew up not knowing he'd already chosen her.
But the heat between them only smoldered, scorching beneath every stolen glance, every gift left without a name, every moment she didn't understand and every one he couldn't stop himself from creating.
Because some bonds don't wait.
And love like theirs?
It burns before it blooms.