ash_knight17

[Mature Content]

Some things are best left undisturbed for a reason. Especially ones that are buried in the ground. 

Thirteen years after the incident at Winchester Manor, Mallory Winchester resides with her uncle and his family. She is to wed a baron. However, Mallory faces betrayal. Desperate, she sets out looking for the buried artefact that she once believed was a joke told by her grandmother. 

But what do you do if you don't find the object, but a person instead? And not just any person, but an immortal being who was never meant to see daylight ever again. 

Mallory is convinced that whoever created Hadeon Van Doren must have mixed in generous doses of evil, sadistic nature, and dangerously handsome looks. Now, besides her initial problem, she must find a manual to tame this person who is looking at her as if she is his next meal, as well as tame her. 

Beauty and the Immortal: It started with a dig

Alarmed, Mallory's head snapped around to see the creature behind her, its hand reaching out. Before it could touch her or Hadeon, she grabbed a stick lying nearby to defend them. However, the moment the stick made contact with the creature, it disintegrated into ash, falling uselessly to the ground.

The creature gave a wide, sinister smile. She quickly apparated with Hadeon, keeping her distance from the creature. And then a hole appeared in its forehead. The gunshot echoed through the forest, reverberating off the trees.

"I would have loved to have tea with you, but something tells me we have different tastes," Hadeon stated as he sat upright and holstered his gun, leaving Mallory baffled.

"You're awake!" Mallory exclaimed, relieved, before she scowled. "Why did you act like you weren't?"

What sunk in the water