A Duel with the Vampire Lord (Married to Magic #3)

by Elise Kova

for all the book lovers with daggers and crowns on their bookshelves

I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron. I will bend for destiny, but not for any man.

“What are you?” he rasps. What am I? A strange question coming from a beast like him. I smile wildly. “I am your death.”

My teeth rake against the shell of his ear as I snarl, “I wasn’t trying to escape.” The wind howls around us, nearly stealing my words. There is no coming back for me now. If it’s not the madness of the elixir that gets me, I will certainly die at the hands of the vampire lord. And if I somehow manage to kill him, his legions will take me. There’s no way out for me now, not when we’ve come this far. “If I’m going to die, I’m bringing you with me!”