Tessa and Teddy Mason are twin fire-starting witches, the last in existence. They are introduced formally to their coven on their thirteenth birthday, and Tessa meets her fifteen-year-old mate, Rafik. He happens to be the youngest son of her family's sworn enemy. At the dinner meant to finalize their courtship rules, Rafik's father poisons Tessa's whole family. Teddy escapes with his sister, but she begins to react to the poison and dies in his arms at their home. Rafik comes to her rescue, performs a spell of binding on her, and gives her his blood to save her (he's immune against the poison). She survives, and Rafik is put into hiding. Ten years later, Tessa is invited to study with the best potion maker in the world, who happens to be Rafik. After a rocky start, they consummate their marriage that happened when they were children. But Tessa's grandparents want revenge for their daughter's murder and come for Rafik one night. They go on the run, but Tessa is kidnapped by her family. Rafik turns himself in to save her. He is sentenced to die, but Tessa won't allow her grandparents to have the vengeance they want and kills her husband herself to spite them. Her brother rescues her again. Tessa is so distraught by what she's done that her brother steals her memories of Rafik. This causes her to become mentally unstable. Eventually, they have a falling out, and her brother abandons her. He finds his mate in a werewolf pack, and his mate's twin brothers find Tessa's picture. they're convinced that Tessa is their mate and try to convince Teddy to bring Tessa to them. The last scene is Tessa driving off to see her brother, unaware of what is about to happen in the werewolf territory.

Queen of Ruin: Tessa Ignites (The Broken Immortals Book 3)

A whistle soaked in the stench of sulfur fell from the air in the foyer as the black ball of mist spread out like fingers in every direction. As it faded away, the only thing that remained was Teddy with Tessa tucked tight against him. /"I got you. We made it./"

The feverish hands tugged at his chest when they balled his shirt in them. A shrill whimper built at the back of Tessa’s throat as her fat bottom lip quivered. /"They killed them./"

He gritted his teeth and blinked up to the ceiling to halt the sting of tears and hide them from her. They were twin flames, and when one lost control, the other followed along until the spark became an Armageddon.

With his hands on her shoulders, he bent down to look into her eyes. /"Go grab our bugout bags and meet me right here. Find Momma and Daddy’s too. Go on! Be quick./"

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