* * *
As always, life went on.
For the next several days, my memory of that terrible morning came back to me, piece by fuzzy piece until I could remember everything, including Michael Ironshot’s crazy smile.
Devlin filled us in on what he remembered from his time in captivity and how he was captured. He lost track of Ainsley at the cabin that night when we were attacked. He didn’t see what happened to his boyfriend and his captors refused to tell him. It broke my heart to see my uncle so torn up about it, but I was torn up too.
Dev wasn’t as tortured as much as just held captive and starved most of the time. That was enough to make me want to burn everything the Council had to the ground. He was held by Ironshot in order to get to me. That was Dev’s only purpose to him.
And then there was Ronan. Matias saw how my caster mate sacrificed himself for me and Xander saw him fall. He made his choice and he chose me. That spoke volumes toward Xan’s feelings about him.
To say they were both upset over the turn of events would be an understatement. We all vowed we would find Ronan and get him away from the Council and Michael Ironshot, no matter the cost.
The prophecy said the cursed child of earth and fire would join with blood and rule supreme. Well, I was that child, and Michael Ironshot had no idea what he unleashed when he came after me all those years ago.
No. Fucking. Clue.
Acknowledgments
A big thank you to my family- my husband and daughters. You’ve been such a big inspiration to keep writing when I don’t feel like it and when I’m too tired to do anything else. I love that I can follow my dreams and hope that I make them want to follow yours too.
Thank you to my Beta readers- Shannon, Tiffany, Teresa, and Kayla. Thank you for loving my story as much as I do and for making it the best possible version it could possibly be.
Thank you to Karisma, my new PA. Thank you for kicking my butt into gear and know that I’m so happy to have you on my team!
Thank you to my friends in the writing and RH communities! I love you all and thank you for your constant support and feedback.
Finally, thank you to the fans. Thank you for loving Curse Marked and I hope that you love this next installment. I’m so in love with this story and I can’t wait to see what you think!
About the Author
Rinna Ford is a Southern girl that lives in the Midwestern USA. She lives with her amazingly sexy husband, two adorable daughters, a lazy dog, and a skittish cat. She loves music, sushi, Star Wars, and getting packages in the mail (much to her husband’s dismay). Rinna Ford is the pen name the author uses to write the stories that float around in her head.
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Also by Rinna Ford
The Aurelia Chronicles series
Queen of the Fireflies
Queen of Flames
The Queen’s TrialsThe Marked series
Curse MarkedStandalones
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