The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)

by Carissa Broadbent

“Look at this. A little lamb.”

“A lamb? More like a viper.”

“A little serpent,”

Hundreds of years later, historians and scholars would look back upon this moment. This decision that, one day, would topple an empire. What a strange choice, they would whisper. Why would he do this? Why, indeed. After all, vampires know better than anyone how important it is to protect their hearts. And love, understand, is sharper than any stake.

Death isn’t frightening when weighed against an insignificant existence.” An insignificant existence.