Category: Bride of Alvar (Redemption Saga, Book 1)

“What is it that this Cursed sees in you? Anyone can see he’s obsessed with you,” my captor grumbles. It’s Lord Vessin and he has me pinned facedown to the tile floor. I struggle against him, but it hurts, the floor is cold and hard. I hit one of my elbows painfully and bump my chin. Besides our fight the halls are too quiet. No one wants to go near […]

“Lucy, I’m here,” Alvar says, lifting me and carrying me to my room. His strong arms wrapped tenderly around me are comforting, and help me fight the remainder of my panic off. “You’re safe now. You’re safe, my love.” I’m safe with him. Breathe, Lucy. “I’ll stay with you as long as you need me to, love. I promise he’ll never hurt you again,” he soothes, his voice husky and […]

I am so lost. Alvar has sent me away so I won’t suffer and yet, I’m suffering so much without him. To think of what is happening to him right now kills me. Doesn’t he know how much pain this is causing me? His embrace is such a near memory and now it’s a world away. This can’t actually be happening, I tell myself, and if it is I’m sure years of […]

“Thanks, Emily,” I murmur to myself, tears falling as I watch the flames dance around my fingers. Poor, poor, Em. I have enough self-worth to realize that maybe she wasn’t the best friend I’d wanted her to be for me, but all she’d wanted to do was go home… I’m immune to fire. I’ve never noticed this ability in the past, but why would I if I’d safely avoided it […]

Mike stares at me, shaking his head and Angie furrows her brow sympathetically. Here I am looking out of my head, holding a necklace and closing my eyes with belief while nothing happens. I blush, trying to remember how Alvar used it when we’d first gone to Axus together. He’d taken me in his arms, before the spark had ignited and we’d gone over the Bridge…. but before that he’d touched my […]

I have no idea of the time when Alvar and I finally lay bed beside each other sated and exhausted. My breath is husky, I’m sticky with sweat, and a bit sore, but my body remains euphorically high. So this is what all the fuss is about? I muse with a stupid half smile on my face, I think I’m a new addict. How many times have we done it now? Alvar […]

I wish I could hang on to this moment forever. Bathing with Alvar is so surreal. I had no idea I’d ever experience this kind of love for someone.  The sensation of his strong, muscled arms around me from behind in the ornate tub in his room is heaven, and the warm water soothes my body. Yet my anxious thoughts cannot be contained even by this bliss. “What are we going to do?” […]

A silence covers the room. I hold my breath and my eyes fix on Alvar. He’s not alone. I want him to know he’s not alone. A human man dressed in expensive clothes stands. “Many of us have been suspicious of this from the beginning, your Majesty.” Alvar motions his hand. “Come forward, Lord Calbir.” Lord Calbir rises and walks up the center aisle of the cathedral. His hand rests […]