Burning Her Beautiful

She was supposed to be a sacrifice.

I chose her for the altar — warm, breathing, defiant. A mortal girl with eyes like shattered emerald and a spine that refused to bow.

And now I can’t breathe without her.

Every step she takes inside my citadel rewrites the laws I was born to enforce. Every look, every refusal, every breath she dares to take in my presence drags me deeper into obsession.

I’ve crushed rebellions for less.

But her? I let her speak. I let her fight. I let her live.

And when the king demanded her heart, I nearly tore the court apart to protect...

She was supposed to be a sacrifice.

I chose her for the altar — warm, breathing, defiant. A mortal girl with eyes like shattered emerald and a spine that refused to bow.

And now I can’t breathe without her.

Every step she takes inside my citadel rewrites the laws I was born to enforce. Every look, every refusal, every breath she dares to take in my presence drags me deeper into obsession.

I’ve crushed rebellions for less.

But her? I let her speak. I let her fight. I let her live.

And when the king demanded her heart, I nearly tore the court apart to protect it.

She’s in my chambers. In my blood. In my rune-marks. And if anyone touches her, they’ll learn what kind of storm answers to me.

She was meant to die in my arms.

But now?

She polishes my horns before bed.

Read on for dangerous rituals, defiant mortals, enemies-to-soulmates, and a demon warlord who burns down a kingdom for the girl who looked him in the eye. HEA Guaranteed!