EMBER (Reborn From Their Ashes)

MATURE CONTENT!

Tiny Calaway is reaching her coming-of-age with a secret that carries devastating consequences. She must hide her abilities from those around her to protect her loved ones and herself- from a powerful alpha. If her secret is revealed, the life she's sacrificed for will be devoured in hungry flames along with the world.
With the approaching Harvest Festivities, Tiny finds herself in the palm of a powerful man who's determined to break her. The two, an alpha and a commoner, become an unlikely duo when members begin to disappear days before the ceremony. Tiny knows something sinister is approaching, and she's set on finding her answers even if it's from the most unlikely candidate.
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Excerpt:

A shudder escapes my lips. Chills shoot down my spine as I stare at a pair of foreign eyes. My reflection appears small at the sign of a charred woman. Her scorched skin rippled with sparking embers, and blistered lips curled into a snarl.

The guilt of survival clawed my throat. For once in my life, I met a spirit clinging to my existence. A reminder that I surpassed the odds of death and cheated my fate. Whimpers erupt from my throat. My body is frozen in time while the sound of my blood swims in my ears. A cruel reminder of the curse I’ve been entrusted to dwell in. So many worthy individuals met their end while mine had only begun.

A piercing pain burned through my skin as the enchanting woman placed her blackened fingertips into my shoulder. Her long nails dug into my flesh fiercely. Surges of blood stain the sink cabinets as tears sprung to my eyes- watching the young woman who used every last breath to cry into my ear. “Run!”

Her touch sent me crumbling to the floor with a roaring pain in my temple. The last thing I remember is splintering door hinges and two pairs of feet before me. The bare-footed singed woman, and steel-toed boots of a powerful alpha.