Black
Apocalypse
The
Vulcan Legacies, 4
Sasha
Hibbs
51,000
words
YA
Paranormal Romance
Evernight
Teen Publishing
Resurrected from the dead, Michael
Blackwell is enraged and heartbroken to find Ally—the girl he
loved—in the arms of the very man that killed him as a human. In
Michael’s eyes, Ally’s betrayal is absolute. But there is more
than meets the eye when it comes to the man who killed Michael, and
even more with the girl he thought he knew.
Black Apocalypse is a journey full of heartache and redemption where the past weaves an uncertain future. Can Michael forgive Ally for her betrayal? Can Ally finally embrace who she is destined to become to save them both?
Who is the elusive Seraph, Laurel? Who was the Devourer before his colossal fall from grace? What decisions did they make together that altered the course of history? Shocking revelations, prophecies fulfilled, a war where not everyone will make it out alive...the final installment in the Vulcan Legacies will leave you breathless.
Black Apocalypse is a journey full of heartache and redemption where the past weaves an uncertain future. Can Michael forgive Ally for her betrayal? Can Ally finally embrace who she is destined to become to save them both?
Who is the elusive Seraph, Laurel? Who was the Devourer before his colossal fall from grace? What decisions did they make together that altered the course of history? Shocking revelations, prophecies fulfilled, a war where not everyone will make it out alive...the final installment in the Vulcan Legacies will leave you breathless.
14+ due to
adult situations
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Excerpt:
He
glanced at her silhouette. She stood beside him quietly, a tear
streaking her pale face, one silver line visible against the cold
wintery night.
“Will
you dance with me?” Abaddon said, turning her back to face him.
Ally
spoke with her body. She shivered as she turned to him, reaching out
and lacing her fingers through his.
Abaddon
responded by pulling her close against him, removing his hands from
hers so he could wrap them around her, holding her tight and praying
for the courage to see his task through.
The
Seraph told him, told him what he must do. In his broken mind, the
pieces lay jagged and strewn, but he was putting them together,
regaining the memories he’d lost through the blinding rage of his
illusion.
But
Ally was real. He was holding her in his arms, and she came to him
with trust, with patience, while he tried to regain the memories from
his human life, ones that would guide him on the path he was supposed
to be on now.
But
as he held her in his arms, she felt so fragile, so breakable. He
could hear the soft thrumming of her heart. The beat was uneven, a
rhythm that reminded him of the last remnants of life.
Ally
was dying. She was his soulmate and the beat of her heart gave him
all the courage he needed. He wasn’t going to kill her. He was
going to save her.
Abaddon
slowly broke away from her, keeping her at arm’s length. Her light
was dimming, but there was the faintest glimmer in her eyes that held
hope for him. She would be strong enough to endure what he was
getting ready to do to her. She had to be.
Abaddon
brought his wrist up to his mouth, extended his canines and pierced
his flesh. As blood rushed up to the surface, he gazed into her eyes.
He
parted his lips, ready to speak, to tell her it would be okay, but
was silenced by Ally resting a single finger against his lips.
“Shh,”
Ally whispered.
Her
gaze told him that she knew what was happening. She wouldn’t fight
him. He could see that she would trust him, blindly put all her faith
in him, was truly ready to walk down an unknown path with him.
He
watched in awe as she circled her cold fingers around his wrist and
brought it up to her lips. She locked gazes with him and he could
feel her taking his essence into him. She ended by gently kissing his
wrist where the wound was. She swept her hair to one side, exposing
her neck up at him.
Abaddon
felt a warm tear run down his cheek.
“It’s
okay, Michael,” Ally said, her voice so little. “I’m ready.”
He
unfurled his wings, pulled her against him tightly, lowered his lips
to hers, and in his mind he whispered the words from a song, a song
from a long time ago that meant so much to him then and even more to
him now.
“I've
waited such a long time for you,” he said. He softly caressed her
lips with his, savoring the feel of her against him, the kiss he’d
waited a lifetime and beyond for.
He
raised his gaze back to hers, brushing a wisp of hair away from her
eyes, cupping her face. “A lifetime,” he said, as he brushed soft
kisses along her temple, her cheek, her jawline, back to her
trembling lips. Thinking back to that night long ago, he lived the
words of that song, held nothing back for what he felt for her.
Abaddon
could see the tears standing in her eyes. He kissed them away, their
salt lingering on his lips. He drew her closer into him so that he
could feel she was real, she was in his arms, her life in his hands.
And
through her tears, he could see the relief, he could see the hope, he
could see her love
staring back at him. His heart hammered in his chest, that muscle
giving way to a new life, a life that only love could give.
He
brushed his lips against hers again and again, whispering those
lyrics so appropriate for them, for their life, their death, their
love against a world that, like her essence, was fading fast. “You’ll
always be mine.”
With
shaky hands, Abaddon pulled her down to the ground with him. Cradling
her in his lap, he grazed his canines against her throat. “I need
you,” Abaddon whispered, as Ally laced her fingers through his
hair, pulling him down to her vein. She arched her back, pressed up
against him, encouraged him to drink from her, to take her to where
he’d been.
Abaddon
exhaled against her skin. With one hand holding her head and the
other pressed firmly into the small of her back, he pierced her, sunk
his teeth into the soft flesh at her neck. He took her into him, her
blood coursing through him, sating a hunger for far more than
sustenance. In her blood was the story of their life, the answers he
sought, the lyrics to their own song.
Abaddon
could feel the life slowly fade from her, could hear her heartbeat
slow. Removing his canines, he drew back from her. Her head lolled to
the side, her pupils beginning to fix. He brought her lips back to
his, kissed her gently.
As
Ally’s last breath escaped her body, Abaddon clutched her tightly
to his chest, a crimson tear falling against her, he whispered into
her ear, “Hurry back to me.”
About the Author:
By
age 5, Sasha Hibbs' favorite movie was Gone With the Wind. By age 12,
she completed her 7th grade book report on the sequel, Scarlett. By
18, she met and married her very own Mr. Rhett Butler and as it turns
out, she never had to worry about going back to Tara to win the love
of her life back. Fortunately, he stuck with her.
With
a love of all things paranormal, the ambiance of the South with its
gigantic antebellum mansions and canopies of Spanish moss, and a love
for her husband’s rich storytelling of blacksmiths and the
mythology surrounding their origins, it wasn’t long until the world
of her debut novel, Black Amaranth, was born.
When
not working her day job as a nurse, you can find Sasha dreaming of
her next beach trip, reading the latest YA novel, and drinking more
white chocolate mocha than she should.
Sasha
lives in mountainous West Virginia with her husband, Tim, and their
two daughters, Aeliza and Ava. She is currently hard at work on her
next novel.
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