Ilfayne's Bane

Julia Knight

Book 1 of Oathcursed

Language: English

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Published: Jan 2, 2009

Description:

He destroyed a continent. Dethroned a god. Now her love will destroy him Oathcursed, Book One Hilde is shunned for her strange looks and ability to dream the future, both unwelcome gifts of the half-kyrbodan blood that flows in her veins. One of those dreams summons the legendary mage, Ilfayne. Beneath his cynicism and penchant for melting eyeballs, she discovers a tortured man driven by demons as cruel as her own. And the only man who doesn t recoil from her. Condemned to four thousand years of loneliness and regret, Ilfayne finds a rare thing in Hilde: a friend. For that, he will do anything to keep her safe. Just as he gathers the courage to reveal the tender feelings he thought he d lost, her kyrbodan blood forces her to bond with a man of her own race. To deny the bond means she could die. Either way, she is lost to him. Now llfayne s oldest enemy has resurfaced, a sorcerer who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Including targeting their greatest vulnerabilities Ilfayne s hidden love for Hilde, and Hilde s guilt-wracked conscience. When the sorcerer makes his move, Hilde holds the lives of two men in her hands and faces a terrible and deadly choice. Loyalty or love."