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Chapter 2Raven's PovI couldn’t believe what I was seeing, The man my mother was marrying didn’t look a day over twenty-five, maybe younger than my own boyfriend back in the city. His features were too sharp, too perfect, almost unreal. His skin was flawless, a pale ivory that made his dark crimson eyes even more unnerving.And by the time I looked back at the three figures, they were gone as if they were never there, how? I swallowed hard, forcing myself not to stare. This is the man my mother is marrying?“Raven, meet King Devereux,” my mother said in her voice light but I could hear the nervousness beneath it. “He is… well, he’s going to be your stepfather.”I blinked, shifting my gaze between them. My mother looked out of place next to him, standing there in her modest dress and minimal makeup. Meanwhile, Devereux looked like he belonged on a throne, draped in a deep maroon silk robe with gold embroidery, exuding power and dominance.This had to be a joke but I forced a polite no

Chapter 4I woke up with a headache pounding against my skull, my body was sore from last night’s nightmare. Only it wasn’t a nightmare, it was real. The red eyes, the fangs, the smell of blood and the way they cornered me in my room and touched me with such demeaning words that made my body tremble.I sat up with a shaky breath, my heart was still racing from the terror that clung to me like a second skin. I can’t stay here. I needed answers and I needed them now.Without hesitation, I stormed out of my room and barged into my mother’s chambers, not caring if I interrupted anything. The room was grand and decorated with gothic chandeliers and velvet curtains but I had no time to admire it. My mother was sitting at the vanity, brushing her hair while he stood near the fireplace.King Devereux.He was dressed in a dark, elegant suit, his long silver-white hair falling over his broad shoulders. His beauty was inhuman, his presence so powerful that it almost suffocated me. I had known he