Emperor Of The Abyss
In the shadowed kingdom of Valthorne, King Aric fell deeply in love with Seraphine, a half-demon woman of infernal beauty and fire. Their son, Prince Kane, was born heir to the throne. But weeks later, Aric was found murdered,throat slashed. His ruthless sister, Lady Morgana, accused Seraphine of using demonic sorcery to kill him. The queen was burned alive in the public square, her screams lost to black flames. The infant Kane was spared, raised as the "cursed prince" under Morgana's cold rule.
Twenty-two years later, on the eve of his coronation, a terrified maid enters his chambers with a dagger. In the struggle, she stabs herself and dies. Guards find Kane standing over her body, blood on his hands.
His fiancée, Princess Valerie of Eldrath, rejects him with disgust: "Just like your mother. A demon wearing a crown." The court condemns him without trial.
Dragged to Dead Hill Valley,a bottomless abyss for the damned,Kane swears vengeance:
"I will return. And every soul who betrayed my parents will burn."
They hurl him into the void.
He falls.
Until darkness catches him.
At the valley floor, demons with storm-gray skin and glowing amber eyes surround him. A fierce silver-haired female sees the blazing Emperor's mark on his shoulder.
She commands:
"Kneel. This is the one."
They bow.
She steps closer, smiling.
"You are home, my king."
The abandoned prince is no bastard.
He is the last heir to an empire of demons.
And vengeance is only the beginning.
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Chapter: Chapter 11Gods, Valerie. She'd run away from him. She looked at him with fear and disgust. But she'd been there. She'd been in the room when it happened. She could tell them the truth. She could save him.She had to.Kane didn't know how long he sat there in the darkness. Time felt strange. Meaningless. Could have been minutes. Could have been hours.His tears eventually stopped. Left him hollow. Empty. Like someone had scooped out his insides and left only the shell.Then he heard footsteps.Different from before. Lighter and almost hesitant.Kane looked up. A figure was approaching his cell. A woman in a dark traveling cloak, hood pulled up to hide her face.She stopped in front of the bars. For a long moment she just stood there, silent and still. Kane could see her hands were shaking where they clutched the edges of the cloak.Then, slowly, she pushed back her hood.Valerie.Kane was on his feet in an instant. He rushed to the bars, his hands wrapping around the cold iron so tight his knuck
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Chapter: Chapter 10"Kane, son of Seraphine the demon, bearer of cursed blood, stained upon the royal line,I arrest you for the willful and malicious murder of Elara Whitmore, loyal servant of this house. You will be held in the dungeons until such time as a sentence can be carried out. May the gods have mercy on your blackened soul."Kane's lips curved into a smile. It felt wrong on his face,stretched and unnatural. But he couldn't help it. This had to be a joke. Some kind of sick test."You can't be serious." He said. The smile wobbled but stayed in place. "Aunt Morgana, please. You know me. You've known me my whole life. I would never…"The slap came out of nowhere.Morgana's palm connected with Kane's cheek with a crack that echoed down the hallway like a whip. His head snapped to the side. Pain exploded across his face, white-hot and blinding. Stars burst in his vision.For a moment he just stood there, stunned. His cheek was on fire. He could taste blood in his mouth,he'd bitten his tongue when h
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Chapter: Chapter 9"Dear gods." Morgana breathed. She raised one hand to her throat in a gesture of dismay. "What happened here?"Kane was still crouched beside Elara's body. His hands were covered in blood up to his wrists. It had started to dry, turning sticky and dark. He looked up at Morgana, and for a moment relief flooded his face."Aunt Morgana." He said, his voice shaking. "Thank gods you're here. She came to my room. She had a knife. I didn't know what she wanted but she…" He gestured helplessly at Elara's body. "She tried to stab me. I just pushed her away. I swear I only pushed her and she…"The words were tumbling out too fast. Kane knew he sounded desperate but he couldn't stop. Couldn't slow down."She fell and the knife, it must have turned in her hand because when she hit the wall the blade…" His voice cracked. "I didn't mean for this to happen. You have to believe me. I would never…"Every eye in the hallway was on him. The servants. The guards. All of them staring.Silence fell
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Chapter: Chapter 8Power surged through him. Raw and Terrifying.Kane didn't mean to push her. He barely moved his arm. But when he did, when he shoved Elara away from him, it was like he'd been hit by a battering ram.Elara flew backward. Her feet left the ground. She sailed through the air and slammed face-first into the corridor wall outside Kane's room with a sickening crack.The impact knocked the wind from her lungs. She felt something break,her nose, maybe her cheekbone. But worse than that, worse than the pain in her face or the stars exploding in her vision, was the pressure in her stomach.The knife.In the chaos, in the flight through the air, in the terrible force of hitting the stone wall, the knife had turned in her hand.And now it was buried in her stomach.Elara slid down the wall and crumpled to the floor. Blood was already spreading across the front of her gray dress, dark and wet. She tried to breathe but couldn't seem to get any air. Everything hurts. Kane stood in his doorway, sta
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Chapter: Chapter 7"What is it?" He asked, his voice rough. His eyes were kind even in his confusion, concerned rather than angry at being woken.Elara just stood there. Her mouth opened but nothing came out. She was shaking so badly now that she thought Kane must be able to see it.Kane's eyebrows pulled together. He stepped closer, out into the hallway, and before Elara could back away, he reached out and pressed his hand to her forehead.His palm was warm against her clammy skin."Oh." Kane said, his frown deepening. "Your body is so hot. Are you sick?"Elara flinched at his touch. Her whole body jerked like he'd burned her. The concern in his voice made everything worse. He was worried about ‘her’. About whether she was okay."I…I…" The words stuck in her throat. Her hand was still in her pocket, still gripping the knife. The metal was slick with her sweat now."Wait here." Kane said, already turning back toward his room. "Let me grab you some medicine. We keep willow bark tablets in the cabin
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Chapter: Chapter 6For a moment they just stayed like that, holding each other, both of them trembling and breathless.Kane kissed her temple, her cheek, her lips. "I love you." He said again, because he couldn't stop saying it."I love you too." Valerie whispered. She was smiling, her eyes half-closed and dreamy.They shifted, lying down properly on the bed. Kane pulled the covers over them, tucking Valerie against his side. She curled into him like she belonged there, her head on his chest, one leg thrown over his."Tomorrow." She murmured sleepily. "Tomorrow you'll be king.""Tomorrow." Kane agreed, pressing a kiss to her hair."And then we'll get married.""And then we'll get married.""And have two children."Kane smiled in the darkness. "We'll see about that."Valerie made a sound that might have been a laugh, but it turned into a yawn. Within minutes, her breathing had slowed and deepened. She was asleep.Kane lay there, staring up at the ceiling of his room, listening to her breathe. His
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