A girl with cursed blood. 
A boy destined to drain her to death. 
A destiny made to be broken. 

He's after her. 

Just one bite,
One drop, 
One  dark power,
A curse of a lifetime. 

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Stella, the daughter of the stars, is a divinity doomed to die and be reborn every fifty years. Each time she is resurrected, she is sent back into human society to await her inevitable doom. On the other hand, as a young adult who has fallen in love with a shapeshifter by mistake, she begins to doubt the destinies and resist the destined path that has been set out for her. Can she protect the lives of the people she cares about from the world where kismet controls everyone's beginning and end when she can barely protect herself?

A Star's Destiny

Both Chase's demeanor and response when I came close were unruffled. The slovenly Fabian stood behind Myra and Oswin while they chatted under the willow tree. 


My eyes met Chase's, and he smiled. My eyes betrayed the residual unease I was trying to conceal. I mustered up the will to seem happy, but my lips quivered. There was no fooling my face. 


His gaze was questioning. His deep gold eyes peered at every detail of my skin. "A-are you okay?" he asked, not leaving my sight. 


I had no idea why my cheeks had turned hot. To cover it, I walked by him and toward Myra. I was about to walk away from the man when I felt his warm palm on my left arm. 


Our skin still shined. It refused to give up. "Don't ever leave my sight," he said possessively. 


Still Hour