‘Even the smallest child in Avar knows that not all fairy tales come true…’

Josiah Rose was a man raised in death. His mother died when he was young and the Kingdom of Avar was run by the Vampiric Regime of Sias Amman—descendant of the victors of the War of Blood Hollow.

After his father’s passing, Josiah was caught in a fierce battle between his step mother over his childhood home. Now at twenty-one, there is only one word surrounding the market: Marriage.

Talks of nobles far and wide coming for a ball to swoon one Prince Malik Amman ring loud as Josiah finds himself in a carriage on his way into the lions den. Now Josiah has to put on his best act to survive dancing with eyes as red as blood. All the while, it feels like someone’s staring at him in the shadows.

How does one dance in slippers made of glass? How does one not get burned to cinders by dragon’s flame?

Cinders is created by Emma Silver, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author

Cinders

Going with Malik around the kingdom was tedious work. Not to mention that he seemed more than less enthused about the entire ordeal. During the entire search, he left me to do all the busy work.


“You know, this whole search is for you,” I glared at him as we made our way to the outer areas of Colkest. The night after the ball, when my mother went to talk to Sias, Malik came into his office—confessing his love for the mysterious prince. While his declaration of love towards my mate angered me, it made Sias’ announcement of searching for said mate a lot easier.


Despite all this, Malik of course kept his stubborn head about him and displayed himself to not give a care. While I made the quick work to arrange getting the soldiers needed to make this search successful, he refused to help in the slightest. His arrogance was making it especially difficult to work with him.


Chapter 16: Josiah Rose