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Book Description
A darkling with a
lust for power…
Henry Saint shouldn’t exist. Every year on his birthday, he
kills someone and takes their soul so that he may live another year. He is a
darkling, not fairy… but not human either. Yet he is bound by the laws of both
worlds. With a new King on the throne of Annwyn and the mortal world trying to
rebuild after plagues killed so many, Henry seizes the opportunity to carve out
a place of his own. He wants Detroit.
A spy without a soul…
Darah was Felan’s spy before he became King of Annwyn. Now
he has one last mission for her. He wants her to join the darkling’s Court and
discover what Henry’s endgame is. No one trusts the Banished when they gather
in great numbers. As Darah gets drawn into Henry’s world she realizes he can
give her the one thing she could never find in Annwyn—love. But is love worth
betraying her King?
Excerpt:
This time, though, he’d have fairy magic on his side. Or at
least in his possession, if not exactly on his side. He glanced at Darah.
“So, Darah, what did you do to end up here?” The cup warmed
his hands. Summer was fast becoming a memory as autumn took hold.
She paused, the cup almost to her lips. After being
surrounded by humans and the ugly and awkward Greys for so long, her beauty was
like a rose growing among the weeds in sidewalk. Something rare that made him
pause.
Her tongue darted over her lip. He shivered, unprepared for
the spark of lust the thought ignited. He’d spent a long time keeping those
kinds of thoughts deeply buried, and he wasn’t entirely sure he wanted to
release them. Certainly not with a woman he barely knew and didn’t quite trust.
Although to be fair, most of his encounters had involved
women for whom kissing wasn’t part of the job. It was safer for everyone, even
if it didn’t satisfy the ache. Darklings didn’t get to love. Any human he did
love would eventually die. And Greys, he’d tried once. It was easier to go
without.
“I stole from the old Queen.”
“If you were exiled before the power shift and the change
of Kings, you’d be dead.” All fairies caught on the wrong side of the veil had
died, only the Greys had survived because they were already cut off from the
magic. “Don’t lie to me.” He wasn’t a mortal fool who knew nothing of Annwyn.
“That wasn’t a lie.” And she sounded offended that he would
accuse of stooping so low. That revealed a little more about her; at least she
wouldn’t lie to him…merely mislead. “I was a shadow servant for a year and day
as punishment. However, the taint of being one of the mad Queen’s ladies has
stained my reputation.”
Henry narrowed his eyes. Her words were too careful. She
had never once actually said that she was exiled, merely agreed with the
assumption. “You aren’t exiled, are you?”
She sipped her soup but didn’t answer. No confirmation or
denial. He was taking that as an affirmative.
He leaned back. This one had teeth and cunning; he was
going to have to watch her closely. It had been a long time since anyone had
roused the thrill of a hunt and the chance of a good game.
Damn his fairy blood for that one too.
“Why Detroit?” He smiled, and plucked some of the bread. It
was always made fresh, but it really needed butter.
“I could ask you the same question.”
“Very well, a truthful answer for a truthful answer.” All
fairies loved a deal. Was she enjoying the idea of a game as much as he was?
How far was he willing to take it? It was a delicate dance and he couldn’t
afford to gamble too much, nor get too distracted.
“That’s an acceptable deal.” She smiled and her gaze
sharpened.
He exhaled as lust traced a razor edge over his skin. If he
mis-stepped, dancing with Darah was going to hurt.
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