Hell Kissed: A Rejected Mates Romance (The Rejected Realms Series Book 1)

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by A. K. Koonce


  “You’re smaller than I thought you’d be.” She lifts my feet off the ground as if she’s weighing me as she strangles me. My boots kick and scrape over the rocks, but I can’t quite reach.

  I can’t breathe.

  My fingers hold onto hers as if I can stop the pressure she’s pressing into my windpipe. My wolf growls and then whines a low, tragic sound.

  She still can’t get out. She can’t help me.

  My nails sink into the flesh of her wrists even harder at that thought, and I claw at her.

  “Strong though,” she adds with curiosity gleaming in her eyes.

  Her attention flits to the right and she seems to remember something then. “Serpan, take Latham to his cage. And escort our favorite flesh-eating dragon to his isolation.”

  My kicking turns violent then. More for vengeance than survival. My boot meets her shin, but she doesn’t even flinch. She doesn’t notice me at all until she drifts her gaze back to mine.

  “Yes, you’ll do just fine here,” she says sweetly as black spots consume my vision. “You’re so very much like your mother.” She shakes her head slowly, my lungs burning with a striking pain. “I hate your mother, but she’s learned her place.” She beams at me as my hands lower before falling limply to my sides. A low growl emits from behind me, so low I question if I truly heard it as my eyes close little by little. “Soon, you will too.”

  The darkness in the room creeps in like a heavy blanket ready to suffocate me in my sleep.

  She releases me, and a slick cracking sound rattles my skull. Her faint words circle in my mind over and over as the world slips away entirely.

  “What a pathetic Hell goddess you turned out to be.”

  Goddess. Goddess. Goddess.

  The End

  The series continues with even more scorching hot tension! Get book two, Fire Kissed today!

  When you live in Hell, you're bound to get burned...

  I just never expected this kind of torment. They've taken what's mine: My mother, Latham, Aric, even my magical shifter belongs to them now. And the one man who I thought I could trust in all of this is my worst abuser.

  Torben rejected me the moment we stepped foot into this ashen hellhole. He does their bidding by throwing me into hellish trials that are bound to break me. Poisonous magic, deadly games, and realms of chaos are all hand delivered by him. Sometimes he protects me from the brut of it… and sometimes I think he wants me dead as much as they do.

  But I won't give them the satisfaction.

  Because I didn't come to Hell to die.

  I came to survive.

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  Also by A.K. Koonce

  Reverse Harem Books

  The To Tame a Shifter Series

  Taming

  Claiming

  Maiming

  Sustaining

  Reigning

  The Monsters and Miseries Series

  Hellish Fae

  Sinless Demons

  Spiteful Creatures

  The Villainous Wonderland Series

  Into the Madness

  Within the Wonder

  Under the Lies

  Origins of the Six

  Academy of Six

  Control of Five

  Destruction of Two

  Wrath of One

  The Hopeless Series

  Hopeless Magic

  Hopeless Kingdom

  Hopeless Realm

  Hopeless Sacrifice

  The Secrets of Shifters

  The Darkest Wolves

  The Sweetest Lies

  The Royal Harem Series

  The Hundred Year Curse

  The Curse of the Sea

  The Legend of the Cursed Princess

  The Severed Souls Series

  Darkness Rising

  Darkness Consuming

  Darkness Colliding

  The Huntress Series

  An Assassin’s Death

  An Assassin’s Deception

  An Assassin’s Destiny

  Dr. Hyde's Prison for the Rare

  Escaping Hallow Hill Academy

  Surviving Hallow Hill Academy

  Paranormal Romance Books

  The Cursed Kingdoms Series

  The Cruel Fae King

  The Cursed Fae King

  The Crowned Fae Queen

  The Twisted Crown Series

  The Shadow Fae

  The Iron Fae

  The Lost Fae

  The Midnight Monsters Series

  Fate of the Hybrid, Prequel

  To Save a Vampire, Book one

  To Love a Vampire, Book two

  To Kill a Vampire, Book three

  Stand Alone Contemporary Romance

  Hate Me Like You Do

  Also by Harper Wylde

  The Phoenix Rising Series

  Born of Embers

  Hidden in Smoke

  Spark of Intent

  Forged in Flames

  Blaze of Wrath

  Changed by Fire

  Beauty From Ashes

  Glimmer of Cinders

  Shadow Walkers Series

  Shadow Touched

  Blood Bound

  Tethered Magick

  Rising Darkness

  The Huntress Series

  An Assassin’s Death

  An Assassin’s Deception

  An Assassin’s Destiny

  About A.K. Koonce

  A.K. Koonce is a USA Today bestselling author. She’s a mom by day and a fantasy and paranormal romance writer by night. She keeps her fantastical stories in her mind on an endless loop while she tries her best to focus on her actual life and not that of the spectacular, but demanding, fictional characters who always fill her thoughts.

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  About Harper Wylde

  Harper Wylde is an international bestselling author who lives in the countryside of Pennsylvania. As a wife and a mother of two young children, she spends her days chasing after little people and making crazy notes about story ideas all over her home. As a serial entrepreneur, Harper also dabbles in photography and graphic design...but has found that her favorite occupation is the one she’s doing now—writing fantasy and paranormal romance. She loves coffee, cooking, chocolate covered pretzels, and characters with hidden strength and endearing flaws! To connect with Harper, follow her on Facebook where you can join her author group called The Wylde Side and stay up to date on sneak previews, teasers, and new releases!

 

 

 


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