Forbidden

JIF LEW Romance

What happens when everything you thought was reality wasn’t? After years of believing our memories had been lost from the result of a car accident, my cousin and I found out we—and many others—had been manipulated by an immortal sorcerer. Come to find out, my family had proceeded with such a complex spell when I, at a tender young age, had come forward and declared I’d found my soul mate in the form of the forbidden Gabriel Kingly, a demon half-breed. Demons were known as soulless, evil beings who were dangerous and conniving. They couldn’t be trusted. They were loveless beings because of their lack of a soul. Therefore, my declaration was seen as everything but genuine. Since we had declared ourselves at such a young age, my family begged the Immortal Council—the law, judge, jury and executioners of the land—for time. Time to find either proof of other, secret and successful mating bonds between demons and other immortals, or to give me time to mature and understand the severity of what such a declaration of forbidden love meant.

Even though more than a decade had passed, the curse held strong, only breaking when my demonic ex tried killing me on Halloween night. As chaos ruled on that fateful all-hallows-eve, scandalous secrets from my family’s past came into sharp repose, one of them relating to the reprehensible disappearance of my twin sister. Even though breaking the memory spell had left Gabriel’s and my relationship on the rocks, I at least knew my sister was alive and I knew how I could save her. The fallout, though, was going to have dire consequences. I just hoped my sacrifice, my death would help reconcile bonds and promises broken and give Gabriel and I a shot at breaking the irrefutably negative stigma surrounding demons.

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