Description
Assassin by day, Mistress by night... World's deadliest mercenary, a shadow in the scarlet-soaked void of vengeance; Ariana Yvette Edensworth knows when to head for the hills. Upon a sinister target at her back and an innocent baby in her arms, she joins the cutthroat Chosens with two lives at stake for a single revenge. Now beyond the unforgiving clutches of law and helplessness-excluding her feelings for a certain treacherous correspondent-follow this fallen woman in building a future from blood and bone... regardless of what fate is planning in a bleeding alley of nostalgia. Warrior by past, Martyr by future... Worlds wealthiest aristocrat, a thriving soldier in the steel-rigged abyss of War; Jacob Balthazar Sparksfly knows when to cease fire. Upon a pile of letters he can't let go of and a betrayal he can't forgive, he resorts to nepenthes with his life and legacy at stake for a spirit's worth of oblivion. Finally beyond the flailing grasps of sanity and misery-except those of a consuming albeit unseen love-follow this heartbroken male in wrecking a future to ash and ruin.. heedless of what destiny has in store with a bloody strike of remembrance. *** A CHOSEN PREQUEL. WARNING: Violence and mild sexual scenes may be included.
Prologue
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