House of Vampires and Flame (Shades of Ruin and Magic #1)

by Meg Xuemei X

I hated to drain the land and leech its last magic, but I had no choice. I lowered my head. Probably every villain said the same thing.

“He’ll whip me? That’s kinky. Do you promise?”

“An ancient oracle predicted the chosen one born of powerful fated mates will bring back the wild magic of old to all five kingdoms,” America said, flipping her red hair over her shoulder. “One of the prince heirs is destined to find his powerful fated mate, give birth to the chosen, fulfill the prophecy, and be anointed the High King of Mist of Cinder.”

She shouldn’t worry about some extra pounds. There were a lot worse things to worry about.

“you should know that history is never accurate, since the winners wrote it, and they didn’t become queens and kings because they were nice. They slaughtered everyone who stood in their way and had different opinions.”

“Okay then.” He nodded. “You gotta respect anyone who’d do anything to defend his ice cream. In fact, I’m impressed with your fighting ability.”

“Are you hungry, Little Bob?” Dixie asked, and that sounded like music to my ears.

“Perfect tits!” someone shouted. Sy preened.