The Night Runs Red (Wicked Dark Duology, #1)

by Amber Palmer

“When the sun rises, the vampyres will be forced into a world of darkness. They shall never feel the warmth of sun upon their skin. Those who try will forfeit their lives.” The king thanked her, crying joyfully at this good news, but the woman was not done. “Beware, King, for nature demands a balance.”

“I tried to warn you that this magic would have consequences, but you refused to hear them. Now, you shall listen and take heed; this agreement begins with your heir. While the vampyres will never know warmth, your people shall never look upon the stars. From now until the end of time, when the blood moon rises in the sky every one hundred years, nature will demand the joining of Darrow and D’Arcy. Those chosen will be marked by the fates. Should either refuse, by the time the cycle has ended, both lives will be taken as payment. The key to both your salvation and damnation relies on a fragile balance of power between your descendents and those of your Vampyre foe.”

War was no longer fought on battlefields but behind closed doors where corruption ran deep and hungry hands grabbed for control that was never theirs to hold. Time did nothing to mend old wounds, and the history of the past slipped further from the minds of the present.

“There will come a time when you need something from me, and I’ll be more than happy to watch you beg. Mark my words, husband.”

Realization flashed in his eyes before he gripped me tighter and yanked my legs back open. “I should kill every person who made you feel as if you were not enough.”

“It was so I would not crawl into your bed as you have crawled under my skin.”

“I would have destroyed everything. I would have ripped the world apart and even then, it would not have been enough to temper my need for revenge because you would still be gone.”

To my surprise, Rion whispered, “I do not know. I only know that I can no longer imagine a world where you do not exist.”

“If you cannot love yourself, I will do it for you until you realize how worthy you truly are.”

“If I die with my tongue in your pretty cunt, I will consider my life well spent,”

there is no going back after this. I will covet you, a treasure above all treasures.”

“You and I are destiny. The gods, the curse, our fate—all brought us here.” I lifted my hips and used my legs to pull him deeper once more. “So this pussy was made for you, just like your cock was for me.”