آثار باستانی (جلد سوم مجموعهٔ گهوارهٔ تاریکی)

"A darkly delicious hero who had me laughing at his audacity. Vlad is as witty as he is swoony, and as flabbergasting as he is delicious. Five stars!" - KD Robichaux, International Bestselling Author Eternal, immortal love. She knew me by another name when the world was young, a name that strikes terror into the hearts of man and monster alike. My wife—the jewel of my kingdom, cossetted in her gardens as a girl and raised to be the perfect queen—dared die in my arms. But not until I drew from her an oath that she would be reborn. For millennia I have walked in the sun and I have ruled the darkness, waiting. Some might even say I have gone mad in my longing for what fate dared steal from my grasp. Until I hear her song and find a treasure buried and forgotten. My Pearl. Reborn, delicate, damaged, and afraid. I, who love her above all others, she does not recognize. My bride cowers as if I'd bring her harm. So she must be wooed, healed, fed, lavished with every pleasure the modern world might offer. She must learn that real love is everlasting, and though I may look every bit the monster, for her, I will strive to be a perfect angel. THE RELIC contains the darkly romantic culmination of Pearl's HEA, featuring an insane demonic hero who is utterly captivated and sweet as the perfect poison. A luscious romance of intense, obsessive passion sprinkled with hilarity and wicked wit. Zoe Blake, USA TODAY bestselling author Eternal, immortal love. She died in his arms, but not before Vladislov exacted a vow that his soulmate must return to him. Reincarnate. Be reborn, so he might treasure his love throughout the everlasting eons of endless life. She gave her word. Swore it with her last breath. The oldest living vampire in existence has been patient, for what else is an immortal to do but wait? And wait. Growing less human and more monster as the centuries pass. Distracted by maintaining order amidst the failings of his ostentatious race, when he should have been vigilant. For his beloved was reborn, left vulnerable. Snatched up by another. Hidden from him. Weakened, frightened, damaged. She who he loves above all things cannot recognize the one who holds her in his arms. Cowers as if hed bring her harm. But fortitude he has in spades, and though Vlad had forgotten the sensation of love, his black heart beats again. For her. Forever. His Pearl. Publishers Note: The Relic is a standalone novel in the Cradle of Darkness series featuring in an HEA.