Sonali_Sokhal

"Ashmeer.....!" she called out his name in a blood curling scream as him the mists swirled around him!

"Let him go Azriel....you belong to me now," she heard Ashdeer's voice from behind her.

As the third daughter of the Vizier of Andora, Azriel has her life cut out for her. A promising debut and then marriage to a noble lord, or to become one of the famed whisperers of Andora. 

Duke Ashdeer is the famed Lord Dragon Protector of Irismus, Keeper of the Blight for the Alavaran Kingdom. Duty has always bound him, and duty brings him closer to Azriel, yet it soon blossoms into love. 

Azriel's life tumbles away when the Blight reaches the mines of Andora.   However, Azriel soon finds her whole world crumble in a few days as she is stripped of family, identity and the man she was engaged to. Banished by her brother to Irismus, betrothed to the Duke as recompense for all the loss that has happened.. Will Azriel discover her full power and potential and rise like the Phoenix? Will Ashdeer and she fulfill their love for each other? Read on to find out

LOVE OF THE PHOENIX

Azriel would have collapsed had Elena not grabbed her hand and pinched it.

"Hush Girl...."  she hissed, 'Get a grip on yourself! You can't be passing out now."

She laughed out loud and said to the men, "Young women are always a little faint when they hear of their weddings! Its such a big time for her. Poor motherless child. I will help make her the best bride."

The Dark Lord grunted and said, "Keep these frivolities for Dilorus Elena. Our betrothal and announcement is to show our power and make our declaration. Our Fiefs have been preparing their armies for such a day. Do we care what the bride will wear?"

Elena sighed and said, "Of course. I was just so happy and delighted and I am but a frivolous woman."

A Deepening Mystery