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Heir Of Darkness

Author: Sophie Starr
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Skylar's POV

When I felt the breath leave my body, and my vision went black after Zoey was born, I thought it was the end. I didn't know how I came back to life but I did. Andrew’s betrayal had pierced me deeper than any knife. The man I had loved, the man I was ready to kill my mate for, the father of my child, had killed me himself just moments after I gave birth to our daughter. I always knew Andre never loved me as much as I loved him but I never thought he hated me to the point of taking my life especially, moments after giving birth to his pup. But somehow, in that void, a surge of power I’d never felt before coursed through me like flames igniting from within. When I awoke, the pain of his betrayal had scarred itself into my heart, but I was… different. Stronger. Alive.

I barely understood it at the time, but something had led me, drawn me, across lands until I reached Paris. The dark and lonely house where I now lived pulsed with the energy of ancient spirits—witches, my ances
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