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I assumed I would be welcomed with open arms-but I'm treated with only suspicion by Queen Eldinar. She grants me asylum in her forest because I've agreed to be their ally against the Death King- but begrudgingly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven when I'm in the presence of the elves, I drown in solitude. I'm the only one of my kind besides my uncle, but his reception of me isn't warm like I hoped. Commander Luxe takes an interest in me, but my heart still yearns for a man it should hate. And that's when he appears-The Death King-in Riviana Star. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut not in the flesh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Death King is far more powerful than I ever imagined-and I've made him my greatest enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrigger Warning: Contains dark themes including rape and pregnancy loss.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103716544735,"sku":"9798340000088","price":25.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wmsgZ2EOTJ9798340000088.webp?v=1781097494"},{"product_id":"the-death-king-paperback","title":"The Death King - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eI was fifteen when the Death King came for us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a mighty black dragon and the ability to command the dead, he raised an army of our fallen soldiers to fight for him-and conquered us in the night. My father, King Laurier of Scorpion Valley, couldn't stop him. I tried to flee but came face to face with the man in black armor, the man who looked more like a god than a human. Instead of killing me, he chose to show me mercy...but it didn't feel like mercy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot when the next ten years of my life are spent as a slave in the Arid Sands, digging for Black Diamonds from sunrise to sunset. I'm also the personal slave of General Titan-a man who has grown obsessed with me. The work under the hot sun is unbearable-but I prefer it to his company any day. I've never tried to escape because there's nowhere to run in the desert, but all of that changes when I hear the news-\u003ci\u003ethat the Death King is coming\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI sneak out in the middle of the night to steal his dragon, but that backfires in my face-\u003ci\u003ebecause you can't steal a dragon\u003c\/i\u003e. Khazmuda is no mindless beast. He can speak directly into my mind and hear my thoughts in return. The Death King is about to kill me, but Khazmuda changes his mind-\u003ci\u003ebecause I have the gift\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ability to speak with dragons.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Death King spares my life once again and takes me back to his castle. He has no idea who I am, has no idea what he did to my family ten years ago. He asks me to fight for his cause-but he won't tell me exactly what that cause is. And then he tells me he wants more from me...desires me more than any other because, like him, I have the gift. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI can't deny he's the most handsome man I've ever seen, with eyes black like midnight, a jawline as sharp as his dragon's talons, the height of a mountain, and shoulders as broad as a stream. But no amount of attraction will ever change the fact that he destroyed my life. The answer is no-and it'll always be no. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the Death King doesn't accept that answer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrigger Warning: Contains dark themes including rape and suicide.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103722803423,"sku":"9798336660142","price":25.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JPoJ_iWsx49798336660142.webp?v=1781097506"},{"product_id":"bite-the-terror-that-feeds-a-dark-fantasy-romance-paperback","title":"Bite The Terror That Feeds: A Dark Fantasy Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe gave me his word-and he broke it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKingsnake promised me he would let me go once he found the cure, but he's known this entire time and never once shared it with me. And now that I know the truth, that there is no cure, he still won't let me go. Now I'm his prisoner once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe asks to feed from me several times, but I refuse all his advances. If he wants my blood, he'll have to force it from me. He comes to my bedchambers to speak with me, but I pretend he doesn't exist. Once his hunger intensifies and the weakness sets in, he's forced to feed-and it won't be from me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViper escorts me from my chambers to the brothel where his prey awaits, and I'm forced to look at a gorgeous and naked woman waiting for him. His betrayal has iced my heart and closed off my feelings, but my jealousy can't be controlled. I may be angry with him, but I don't want him to have anyone else but me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo I submit to the vampire king-again.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104278548703,"sku":"9798858277040","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4gW8b-_-1B9798858277040.webp?v=1781104555"},{"product_id":"bite-the-power-that-feeds-a-dark-fantasy-romance-paperback","title":"Bite The Power That Feeds: A Dark Fantasy Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllasara came at me with a blade-and she defeated me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut my eyes open to my bedchambers and I see Kingsnake sitting at my beside with Fang next to my pillow. I expect to feel the horrible pain of my injury, but I already feel healed. When I sit up, the room doesn't spin and I don't feel weak. In fact, I feel better than I ever have... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKingsnake takes my face in my hands and pulls me close. The relief in his chest is so palpable it's like heat from the sun. But our beautiful moment is ruined by the horrible realization that I can't feel my own heartbeat... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKingsnake was left with an impossible decision, to either let me die, or sacrifice my soul so I could live in the darkness forever. Instead of accepting that decision, I grieve instead. Grieve for the life that I'll never have. Now everything between us has changed. I told him I didn't want to be a nightwalker-but he made me one anyway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKingsnake and I still have to finish what we started, to form an alliance with The Ethereal and share the cure with the humans, but now it's hard to be in the same room with him. We've found our way back to each other before...but I'm not sure how we'll do it this time.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104279531743,"sku":"9798862111354","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nETWvYC9ng9798862111354.webp?v=1781104558"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/penelope-barsetti.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}