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

This chapter is dedicated to msmall, for all her unflinching support that keeps me writing.

I wanted to break down into tears, but it would serve no purpose. I hated everything that had happened so far with me. I had only tried to help, but somehow no matter what I did, it was not good enough. I had been so intent on saving Rob, I had forgotten that I was speaking to a stranger in a magical land full of nasty surprises.

I looked at the beautiful fountains and then at the statue of Cintra.

'Show me the way, Cintra....' I thought desperately, 'I don't want to end up like you. Please show me a way out....'

I reached across and touched the jewels on the statue. They glowed a deep, dark red, almost like they had a life of their own.

"They are the source of his power you know!" said a voice behind me.

Escape Routes