"Unable to resist, he kissed her wounds, and her cold blood touched his lips. He tasted it with his tongue and lost it, almost dropping her to the ground. There was something strange in this girl’s blood. It was unlike anything he had ever tasted, like sweet wine with roses and something electrifying he couldn’t name." 

Queen of Blood and Roses is created by Alexandra Lynch, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Queen of Blood and Roses

Rena had been right about Lila’s tolerance at sea. It wasn’t so much the movement of the ship, but the utter… bareness of being in the middle of the sea and so far away from nature. She felt trapped as if she wasn’t getting enough air. It didn’t make much sense considering they were around nothing but open air and water, but she couldn’t explain it. 


It was clear that her budding magical powers had something to do with the earth and living things, but she had no way of understanding how they worked, let alone learn how to use them. Young Fae had gone through testing when they were of age before Emperor Darien had taken over, but all those rituals pertaining to magic had been abolished after the war. Using magic of any kind was now explicitly forbidden, and the law was easily upheld thanks to the collars. 


The man who had saved the castle from burning, however, seemed to have harnessed his powers and knew exactly how to wield them. 


Chapter 24: Princess Lila