Prince of Blood (a sparks of fire novel)

<p><em>I kissed you because I am selfish. I kissed you because my executioner was coming and I wanted to greet death with the taste of you on my lips. I touched you in that room because of the agony I felt the moment I realized you didn't believe yourself capable of pleasure. I sat with you night after night because the sound of your beating heart is the only peace I know.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Since the war between the vampires and the mages that almost destroyed his entire species Hector has been running from his past.</p><p>Now the empire stands on the precipice of another war and his friends Cadahm and Treilah may be the only hope of saving his people from extinction.</p><p>He embarks on a mission to gather allies along with Clay his longtime friend and Darcy a housemaid turned bandit who has begun to open his heart again in ways he never thought possible.</p><p>When Darcy is struck with a deadly curse the only way to save her is to confront his past and step into the role he was born to play.</p><p>But can he fill that role without putting Darcy's life in more danger? And will the part he has to play cost him her heart?</p><p><br></p><p>The second book in the Sparks of Fire series</p><p><br></p>