The perils of this fey court had honed her mettle. Lila faced Saetth with her chin up and shoulders back, her pampered appearance belying her fortitude. “The foulmouthed brat got used to being the king’s favorite.”Ĭrying or begging? As if. “Saetth’s about to behead his child fiancée!” Off to the side, whispers sounded from her backstabbing royal cousins. Even the sun wanted to touch him.įor all of her thirteen years, Lila had been just as enamored of him. His blond locks and his ornate crown-a wreath of gilded evergreen branches-seemed to glow. Through one of the throne room’s towering windows, a ray of sunlight beamed over the king. With two executions complete, only one trial remained. Seated upon his throne, he took his time, keeping everyone in suspense. But when truths from a far distant past are revealed, can their tenuous bond withstand ages of deceit, a curse, and a looming supernatural war? ExcerptĪs King Saetth leisurely wiped blood off his sword, Lila choked down her fury. In turn, Lila reluctantly responds to the beast’s cleverness and gruff vulnerability. When the beastly demon imprisons her in his mystical castle, vowing revenge for betrayals she can’t remember, Lila makes her own vow: to bring down the wicked beast for good.Ĭan two adversaries share one happily-ever-after?Īs Calliope turns hell inside out, the all-powerful Sian finds himself defenseless against his feelings for her. Princess Calliope “Lila” Barbot’s people have hated and feared Abyssian and his alliance of monsters for aeons. Sian captures the delicate but bold female, forcing her back to hell. Millennia later, a curse has transformed him into a demonic monster-just as she’s been reincarnated. This fairy tale doesn’t end with a kiss in this spellbinding Immortals After Dark tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole!Īs a boy, Abyssian “Sian” Infernas had his heart shattered by a treacherous fey beauty who died before he could exact vengeance.
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