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In modern day Charleston, two fated lovers meet at the beginning of a world-ending witch war …<\/p>\n
Cyan Burroughs is a lonely light witch prophesied to battle the dreaded Dorcha\u2014a dark sorcerer with the power to rule the world. There’s one problem: Cyan doesn’t have any powers of her own.<\/p>\n
An unknown witch flips a trolley and causes mass carnage, and Cyan’s dormant magic awakens. When she drags handsome Irishman Liam Cody from the wreckage, she recognizes his face from her aunt’s psychic portraits. He is the man Cyan is destined to love.<\/p>\n
As she and her magical family seek to unveil the murderous witch who caused the accident, Cyan and Liam grow closer, but Liam’s mysterious past is not the only thing keeping them apart.<\/p>\n
Dark witches and light will soon fight to the death, and Cyan must face her calling. How can she protect Liam and win the war when her immense powers are barely under control?<\/p>\n
Destiny’s Dark Light<\/em> — which combines all three parts of the story originally spread out through the Enchanted book series — hits the shelves on October 15th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Until then, enjoy this short excerpt:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.29.3″ src=”http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DDLCover500x790ish.jpg” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px” z_index_tablet=”500″ align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.29.3″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_blur_strength=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” 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It was packed with people trying to get home from work or downtown to bars. Cyan kicked at loose rocks on pavement and tried not to run into anyone.<\/p>\n She wouldn\u2019t have noticed the dark figure lurking in the alley ahead if not for the minute glow of red oozing from beneath his long, black jacket. She couldn\u2019t see his face but, when he raised his hand, she saw the glow came from his very skin.<\/p>\n She\u2019d seen things like that before in her own household\u2014all witches projected their own individualized colors. This was something else, though, something that made her shout, \u201cHey!\u201d People turned to look at her, as did the man with the glowing red hand, but her call was too late. The force of his power erupted over the street like a volcanic tidal wave and then, chaos.<\/p>\n A peaceful green trolley, filled with businesspeople and tourists, flew straight off the pavement and high into the sky. It landed with a horrible screech, crashing down on several cars below. People screamed and ran, but Cyan remained calm and looked to the man in the black cloak. He had, of course, disappeared.<\/p>\n \u201cShit,\u201d she hissed.<\/p>\n The trolley caught fire, its flames illuminating the street as people tumbled and bled on it. A woman five feet away cowered behind a palm tree, and Cyan shouted repeatedly at her to call an ambulance until the woman nodded and pulled out her cell phone.<\/p>\n Cyan took steps toward the trolley, the crushed cars. A dark blue Mercedes had taken the brunt of the trolley\u2019s wrath, so she was understandably shocked when the driver\u2019s side door opened, and a man in a tuxedo rolled out into the street. She hurried to pull him from the wreckage, wrapping her hands around his upper arm.<\/p>\n \u201cCan you walk?\u201d she shouted over the sound of moans and crackling fire.<\/p>\n Blood covered his face from what looked to be a head wound, and he said something.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat?\u201d Cyan leaned closer.<\/p>\n \u201cZoe.\u201d He pulled away from her to go back to the crushed car, the back of which glowed with orange flames from the trolley.<\/p>\n \u201cHey!\u201d She tried to drag him backwards, but he had about six inches and eighty pounds on her slight frame. \u201cYou can\u2019t\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n He turned suddenly and took hold of Cyan\u2019s shoulders. \u201cHelp me,\u201d he said. \u201cHelp me get her out.\u201d<\/p>\n She would have nodded and moved a lot faster. She would have said something. She would have remembered to breathe if she didn\u2019t know his face so very well\u2014the face she\u2019d known since childhood, since the first time Sibyl\u2019s visions of Cyan\u2019s true love led to painting after painting after\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cOh, my God,\u201d she gasped.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease,\u201d he begged.<\/p>\n She did nod, finally, and followed her destiny toward a burning mass of metal. He leaned in first, but somehow, they both fit through the door. Cyan winced when she saw the woman, dressed in a beautiful, black gown and covered in blood that resembled an oil slick. The man at Cyan\u2019s side didn\u2019t hesitate as he reached for her.<\/p>\n \u201cThe seat, it\u2019s\u2026\u201d He looked around. \u201cSomething\u2019s\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n The passenger side door was crushed in, as was the roof above. The woman was similarly crushed into her seat\u2014all this as the flames moved closer. Sweat dripped from Cyan\u2019s forehead and into her eyes like tears.<\/p>\n \u201cLet me get in the back,\u201d she said. Once there, she saw how the back of the passenger seat was bent forward. \u201cI think I can pull backwards on the seat, and we can get her out.\u201d She looked up at his familiar face. \u201cOkay?\u201d<\/p>\n He nodded, taking firmer hold on the woman in evening dress.<\/p>\n Cyan wished she had her father\u2019s strength, her mother\u2019s magic. Instead, she had her skinny legs, which she planted against the door as she pulled on the passenger seat. She pulled until she thought her arms might give out, until she heard a sound like a sob escape the man\u2019s lips and he finally tugged the woman free, out of the car, into the street. The flames licked up the outside of the Mercedes; the windows glowed red.<\/p>\n Cyan tumbled out onto Broad Street beside the couple. Sirens grew louder, approaching, as the man in the tuxedo brushed blood-soaked hair from the woman\u2019s face. He kissed her forehead, her cheeks. \u201cZoe, wake up. Zoe.\u201d<\/p>\n Cyan watched him. It was him<\/em>, wasn\u2019t it, her Dof? It would have been easier to tell if he hadn\u2019t been covered in his own blood, if his face hadn\u2019t been wrinkled in anguish over the limp form in his arms\u2014if the only light hadn\u2019t been the dancing flames of a burning Charleston trolley.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||”][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.29.3″ src=”http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DDL-prophecy-image.jpg” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px” z_index_tablet=”500″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"