Revealing the Monster (Playing with Monsters #4) - Amelia Hutchins Page 0,163
about Laurie. It means laurel or sweet bay tree, but it is also the symbol of victory. She is our victory prize, after all.”
“I love it,” I whispered, kissing her neck. “And I love that you consider her as such, Lena. You’re mine. You’re my prize for never wavering from my post here. In all my time, I never thought to be worthy of such a beautiful prize. You’re my world, and I intend to spend the rest of our time together, proving that to you.”
“You don’t need to do that. I know, Lucian. I know that I am yours and that I belong here with you. I feel it in my soul. The same soul you gave back to me.”
I swallowed past the lump in my throat at her words. I’d never wanted her to sacrifice her life for mine or to protect me. But she had.
I’d called in all my debts to get the girl I’d first met back to me. I’d used others to regain everything she’d lost here, to build a home she wanted to stay in so that she could be near her family that she loved dearly. If I could have found a way to bring Joshua here and shield him from his fate, I would have. Some things couldn’t be fixed. But even in the darkest hour, we’d created a life together.
“I don’t have to do anything, Lena. I want to teach our children right from wrong and that when they find the right person to love, they should never stop showing how much they mean to them. Life isn’t promised, but it is precious. Now, your son wishes to see you and Makenna needs us as well. She feels alone, and we need to make this place her home, too.”
“I love you for that,” she whispered, turning in my arms to peer up into my soul. “Thank you for finding me and giving me a place that I belong. I couldn’t imagine a life without you in it, Lucian. I wouldn’t want it if you weren’t with me.”
The End
About the Author
Amelia Hutchins is the USA Today bestselling author of the award-winning series Monsters, The Fae Chronicles, and Nine Realm series. She is an admitted coffee addict, who drinks magical potions of caffeine and turns them into magical worlds. She writes alpha-hole males and the alpha women who knock them on their arses, hard. She doesn’t write romance. She writes fast-paced books that go hard against traditional standards. Sometimes a story isn’t about the romance; it’s about rising to a challenge, breaking through them like wrecking balls, and shaking up entire worlds to discover who they really are. If you’d like to check out more of her work, or just hang out in an amazing tribe of people who enjoy rough men, and sharp women, join her at Author Amelia Hutchins Group on Facebook.
Aria and her sisters return to the human realm of Haven Falls to find one of their own is missing. They soon discover things have changed in the human realm and that nothing is what it seems, including Knox, the egotistical, self-centered, frustratingly gorgeous man who declared himself King during their absence.
Sparks fly when the two enter a fiery battle of wills as Aria learns she is more than just a witch in the Hecate bloodline; she is much, much more.
Will Aria embrace her savage side to find her sister and save her family, or will she burn to ashes from his heated kisses and burning hot embrace?
Knox has ulterior motives for being in Haven Falls and never expected the little witch to show up and brazenly challenge his rule.
It was supposed to be easy; get in and get out. Move pieces into place and set the stage for the war he’s been planning for over five hundred years. Aria is his sworn enemy, but something within her calls to him, and he hates himself for craving the fiery kisses that have reignited his cold, dead heart. One taste and he thought he could get her out of his system. He was wrong.
Will Knox let go of the memories of the past, driving his need for revenge that will destroy the pretty little witch he craves, or will he push the boundaries to fight for and claim what is his by right? Either way, war is inevitable. And nothing will stop him from reaching for what is his.
Begin the journey with book one—Flames of Chaos
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Have you ever heard of the old Celtic legends of the Fae, beautiful, magical, deadly, and a love of messing with humans just for kicks and giggles?
Welcome to my world.
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There are a couple of problems in the way. I hate the Fae, and the Prince of the Dark Fae is bound and determined that I work for him. He’s a rude, overbearing, egotistical ass with a compulsive need to possess, dominate, and control me. Oh, did I mention that he is absolutely sex-on-a-stick gorgeous, and he makes me feel things that I never ever wanted to feel for a Fae?
Every time he touches me or looks at me with those golden eyes, he seems to pull me further under his spell, despite my better judgment.
My friends and I can’t trust anyone and nothing is as it seems on the surface. Not even me.
My story begins with me—Fighting Destiny
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My coven has remained hidden in the shadows for centuries. We’ve avoided the ‘real world’ altogether, hiding from monsters and other creatures sharing this planet.
We found refuge in the Colville National Forest, nestled in a town protected
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He’s coming for me.
He’s hunting.
The monster we’ve run from for centuries has found us.
How far will this deadly game go?
How far will I be able to take it, or will he destroy me and everything I care about?
Will the one thing I can’t live without be the key to destroying and undoing the past?
Or will the past destroy me before I can save the people I love from what I’ve done?
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One sassy female weapons master who doesn't get out much.
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