Ceecee

Caroline is a smart young woman thrust into a dangerous new world when she falls from an apple tree one day under suspicious circumstances. While navigating a dangerous foreign land Caroline must learn to let go of her simple life and embrace new aspects of her identity she never thought possible. In the midst of chaos, she learns to rely on her strength and determination to master her abilities and cooperate with Ender, a 200-year-old vampire, who crosses her path. After striking an agreement the two journey together, their fates now entwined by deep magic, on a mission to evade pursuit and stop an invading army from enslaving Caroline’s people and destroying the nation she calls home.

Excerpt Chapter 39:

[ "I knew you would come for me," the witch said without turning around.

"I'll always come for you," he told her, approaching Caroline from behind and taking her small hand in his gently. He thought of how fragile she was and how mindful he must be of his strength, worried that one ill-timed movement could cause her serious injury.

"You won't hurt me, Ender," she said quietly, still staring at the sea. Pale moonlight reflected off the water, highlighting her soft cheeks and round eyes. She looked like an otherworldly creature, delicate and beautiful, but also powerful and terrifying. Not for the first time did he marvel at the paradox that stood before him.

He briefly wondered if Caroline could hear his thoughts but was coming to understand that she was simply beginning to know him. She knew what could not be summed up in mere words. Caroline saw his actions and knew them to be his way of speaking to her.]

(Disclaimer: Later chapters get saucy, readers 18+ advised)

Witch Are You?

The blood lust had taken him. Ender cursed himself for not coming to a little more quickly after the fight with Marcaius. Truthfully he wasn't sure what force had allowed him to even part with the vampire when Lucian bellowed into the air. Ender was grateful that he had, though. The fact remained that the fight could have gone on for hours, and Caroline was in mortal peril. Ender was an idiot.

Even without Aniyoh's explanation, he could see his wife was not long for this world, and he had been so lost in his need for revenge that Ender almost entirely missed her falling ill.

It had all happened so quickly. One moment she was standing so proudly challenging Marcaius, truly a wondrous sight to behold. Ender had wrongly assumed she could handle herself. Caroline's power had become so great over the last few months that he took for granted her frail human nature.