DEMENTED | Romance | Fantasy | Slight Thriller
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"I need you to do a favor for me, Ebony."
Princess Ebony of Absinthe has just been exiled from her land by none other than her own sister. Called the Macabre twins collectively, the two became enemies the moment her sister, Crimson, finally lost her mind. Now that the two have permanently separated each other, Ebony's fate is bound to take another course.
When she is brought to the frozen wasteland palace where Absinthe and the other realms' Goddess resides, Ebony is sent to perform an impossible task: Find the Goddess's stolen heart, or all the realms will fall.
Of course, Ebony isn't quite set on this task alone. She is forced to work with the Cruel Prince of Death and dark endings; the Goddess's very own right eye - whose impossibly beautiful face is unknown to all - except a select few, Ebony now being one of those.
Will she be able to work together with the Prince and find the heart? Or will they fail and the realms will fall into a never-ending oblivion?
Find out now in Demented - A Gothic Fairytale.
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"It's my curse, and my duty. I have to do it, Azrael!" I cried out from the other side of the room, as the ground shook and cracks formed in the tiles. I was terrified. Terrified of what might happen to me, in the scenario that this fails. If I fail, I'd be haunted by her forever. I couldn't - wouldn't, let myself succumb to her. This was my fight. "Princess, I swear, if anything happens to you, I'll go crazy. Just stop!" Azrael shouted above all the noise. While I was lost in thought, everything had become more chaotic. The storm outside, the lightning and thunder that made me jump everytime it occured. All it took was one leap of faith. One risk to take, and I'd be rid of her forever. -------------------------- Calliope Solace - the princess nobody knew existed. Since birth and until the age of fourteen, her father, the emperor, kept her locked up in a palace in hopes nobody would find out about her existence, and most importantly, the threat her touch brought. One touch is all it took for a living being to wither and fall in the hands of death - one touch, more deadly than a hundred swords. Callie couldn't be more loving despite her deadly curse. She believed in the fairytales and the happily ever afters, which is why she didn't rebel or complain even after learning that, through marriage, she'd be shackled to the sadistic emperor who loved nothing more than to see people suffer; Azrael Ivanov. What she didn't know, was that Azrael had his own reasons to marry her, in the pursuit of vengeance and revenge to her father. [A/N] This is book 2, continuing in the same universe as 'Althea' my previous book. This is Callie's (Aias' sister's) book! However, it can be read as a standalone! All pictures belong to their respective owner, I only own the idea and the storyline etc!
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