Dark Mansion

***Ranked #93 Bestselling in - Science Fiction & Fantasy > - Fantasy > Anthologies on 5/29!**It's tough growing up. It's even tougher when you're Aryana, who never knew her not-quite-human father trying to grow up in a human's world; a world where her wings signify her as a terrible abomination to be feared, hated, and hunted. Will she survive long enough to find her long-lost father and find out what she truly is? Does she even want to find a man that deserted her to such a fate?Meet her, as well as Karu, a king attempting to keep stability in a realm torn apart by war with murderous black dragons, forced to do what he must in order to keep his crown and his life in this series of short stories involving dragons, demons, assassinations, royalty and romance. Blurb:I knew how obvious it must have been on my face. The surprise; the admiration. The burning curiosity for the creature knelt on the floor with his head bowed, chains tethering him in place in the already tiny room. The desire for him that rose from within me unbidden and my shock at my own response.Then he raised his eyes to meet mine and in an instant, everything changed.Before I could register that this man was no man, before I could realize my mistake at coming down here, and even before the split second that I felt terror had passed, he had lunged.My response was far too slow; my demon brain registered the human reaction to his violence as useless before my body had even finished the wild lurch back against the closed door, my arms flying to cover my face in a futile attempt to protect myself. My scream of horror echoed in the small room.It took several long human seconds for me to realize I wasn't dead. His intent had been obvious in the violence emanating from his gaze as he'd raised his eyes. I lowered my arms to peer at him and felt horror bloom in my eyes. No, I wasn't dead, yet…Length: 20,000 Words.Contains the Short Stories:AryanaThe Dark MansionNeikaAnd an exclusive preview for the upcoming novel, "Dragons and Dynasties"!

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