‘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

“There’s a man at the estate claiming custody of the house!”


These claims weren’t uncommon to me. After my father died, I had a slew of ‘distant relatives’ doing their hand to take the estate from me. I knew full well that if I didn’t return to the estate, Cora would believe every lie this stranger would throw at her and give up the house in an instant. I doubt my heart will be able to recover from that.


Not wanting to waste another  second—and feeling my temper running exceptionally thin, I got onto the horse, pulling Eva up onto the horse behind me. I rode off towards the estate, a fire burning in my chest that was fueled by anger and impatience. As I rode off, I remembered what Madame Morana had said about focusing on defeating Malik before worrying about the estate.


Chapter 30: The Mysterious Relative