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    Serena's Salvation: Fated & Forbidden
    Serena's Salvation: Fated & Forbidden
    Serena's Salvation: Fated & Forbidden
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    Serena's Salvation: Fated & Forbidden

    By Crystal Dawn

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    Serena is a dark Fae princess who is not looking for a guy. Unfortunately, the powers that be have decided that she, and a group of other beings that represent their world, must mate in order to save what makes them special. The thought of being turned human makes her shudder. Her fae attributes are the biggest thing that makes her who she is.
    Instead of fighting against it, she gives into the threat and searches out her mate only to find he is a human. He is the second son of a king. At least he has royal blood. The problem is it’s human blood and her people have a law against mating with humans. The punishment? Well it’s only death.
    She knows she must go to the human world and convince her fated mate to join with her. Then she has to find a way for them both to survive it. No big deal, right? The fates must be laughing at her and enjoying her dilemma.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrystal Dawn
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781370040476
    Serena's Salvation: Fated & Forbidden
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    Crystal Dawn

    When she’s not out hunting rogue vampires and werewolves, you can find Crystal Dawn out exploring the galaxy. She can do it all without ever leaving her computer. She kicks ass, takes names, and puts it all down for the enjoyment of her readers. At least that’s what I think she told me. Writing came as a natural outlet for her overly creative mind. She has always told stories and even written some but publishing books didn't start until 2012 with The Rebirth, was the first of the Planet Amazon books. Crystal has also been lucky to have some wonderful beta readers who keep her on track and help inspire her.Secretly, she crushes on all her sexy heroes because all her stories end happily. That is one of the things that makes writing such a joy. Knowing that it makes her reader's day a little brighter. Not that she doesn't read sad books sometimes. While still in school, she read Where the Red Fern Grows and cried like a baby. It was a wonderful book and sometimes a bit of sadness has to be put in books because that's part of life. While she reads all kinds of books at some time or another, PNR and SFR, which she writes is what she reads the most for pleasure.When she started writing, she decided on going Indie after the first two books because an author has more control. She believes Indie will compete well and continues to grow. The need to give pleasure to her readers keeps her going and she sees a long career ahead. Growing up mostly in the NW Arkansas area, it has given her a good place to set some stories and many of her characters come from there or nearby SW Missouri.The start of her stories is the easy part. Finishing them is a little harder when all the stories are in there trying to get out. She loves reading, chocolate, fine sweet wine, and traveling among a large list of pursuits. Her favorite people, after her family and close friends, are her readers who she says are some of the most wonderful people in this galaxy and the next.

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      Serena's Salvation - Crystal Dawn

      Fated & Forbidden series

      Book 1

      Serena’s Salvation

      By Crystal Dawn

      Cover by Jacqueline Sweet

      Copyright 2016 by Crystal Dawn

      Edited By Addicted to Reviews Editing editing

      Copyright by Crystal Dawn, all rights reserved

      This book is a work of fiction. All contents,

      including names, places,

      and events are the product of the

      author’s imagination or used in a

      fictitious manner. Any resemblance to

      persons, living or deceased, or

      to businesses, locations or events are

      completely coincidental.

      None of this work may be used,

      reproduced, exchanged or

      transmitted by anyone, except the person

      the book was purchased

      for. Any reproductions of this book in any

      part or any form must be

      done with the express written permission

      of the author or not at all.

      Dedicated to those who

      love fantasy.

      May their dreams come true.

      FATED & FORBIDDEN

      11 authors. One PNR series.

      After lifetimes of watching her creations perpetuate misery and destruction, the creator Allendra has had enough. She’s given them a month to prove themselves capable of love… and to prove they should keep their supernatural powers.

      Some will fight, and some will fall, but all will feel the power of the Blood Moon… even Allendra herself…

      Download the short prologue to the series, The Challenge, for free at

      http://smarturl.it/FFChallenge

      Prologue

      Serena was the eldest daughter, heir apparent to the dark Fae King. As the daughter of a magical being, she was born with the abilities of dream prophecy and to manipulate magic in various ways. Her dreams allowed her to see various prophecies and once having dreamed them, they would take place in reality in some form.

      This dream always started the same way. She appeared in a room filled with other beings, every kind was represented. There were two special beings that appeared to be the powerful legends of magical folk. These two beautiful and powerful creatures had summoned them, and the intent was to do harm. A plan had been crafted to punish them for all their mistakes and ill-conceived actions.

      Welcome children, the female, Allendra, called out.

      As the others looked at Allendra in awe, Serena knew who or more to the point, what she was and what she was here to do.

      What is this place? Serena asked anyway, looking for confirmation. Serena stood a little apart from the others and watched everything and everyone with suspicion. Who are you people? How did I get here? It was as if she demanded it enough, better answers than those she saw in her mind would be forthcoming.

      Others added their questions until Allendra silenced them with her sheer power. You are here because I willed it so, she said. Your bodies remain safe wherever you went to sleep, but I gathered your minds in this place so that I may speak to you. Pausing to be sure she had all their attention, she added, I am she who created all of your breeds.

      The male, Zaan, gave her a sharp look. He wanted recognition for his part in the creation of their kinds. And I am he who helped her fashion your ancestors, he added, earning himself a glare from Allendra.

      Everyone turned to assess him, but Allendra spoke again drawing all the attention once more. I gave your kind, she gestured to some shifters, the gift of listening to the animal part of each human by turning into wolves or dragons. I gave your people, she gestured to a Phoenix, but was interrupted.

      The being she had pointed to first now interrupted, stepping forward angrily, his eyes gleaming with his wolf and his temper. Bullshit! It sounded like a growl. You did not ‘create’ me, or anyone from my bloodline. No one has this kind of power. This is just a fucked up dream. He looked around hoping for support from the others but received none.

      "It is a dream, Allendra admitted impatiently. I already told you it is. But it is real, too, and so is everything I say. I know more than your name, Hart, and I could tell your life story from the time you were but a child, but I doubt you want others to know that much about you."

      Hart took a slow step back, disbelief still written on his features.

      I know each and every one of you, she continued. "I know your names. Hart Devis. Dmitri, of the Sun Valley wolves—or I should say Dante. Shadow Hunter Doulzen. Fallen Leneth, from the Kingdom of Vaie, Third of the Dazmei. Matthew Killough. Saul Ade. Serena, of the White Dragon kingdom. Wayrian of the Rian clan, Magnus Lang. Avila, fallen queen of the Bay. Ondine. And even you, Saber, Guardian for the Queen. I know who and what you are.

      Allendra paused and looked at all of them before her gaze stopped and held on what looked to Serena like a dragon shifter. The shifter looked shy or intimidated at first glance, but deep inside her there was a steely strength.

      I know some of you are at war. I know some of you try to stop your kind from killing. I know some of you couldn’t care less what happens to other breeds or to humans. And I know all of this because it’s been this way for millennia since the moment Zaan and I breathed power into your ancestors. Millennia of unending strife, skirmishes or all-out war. Countless deaths. Enough pain and grief and tears to fill oceans on a dozen worlds.

      The dream went on and Allendra grew colder and seemed more threatening. No more. I should have acted a long time ago, but I will not delay any longer. It ends now.

      What do you mean? Serena asked, but she already suspected the worst.

      I mean that I will return each of you and every last living member of your kinds to what you would have been, had I not changed your ancestors’ destinies. You will all become humans.

      A little fae objected, Fallen protested, and others denied that she had the right.

      Serena sat up drenched in sweat. The dream had progressed farther this time. In truth, she knew where it was headed.

      Would it be smart to start searching for her mate? Or should she wait in case something happened that changed the future to one she had control over? Even though her dream only revealed itself a little bit at a time, she knew the results if all things stayed the same.

      That was the problem with seeing the future, sometimes those that could see it, changed it. Not always on purpose, and the changes weren’t always for the better. For now, she would cast some spells and hope for more clarity so a decision that seemed right could be made.

      Chapter 1

      The Trouble with Humans

      Serena had heard the lecture many times in many ways. The problem was that now, it seemed to apply directly to her.

      Why would anyone lower their standards to spend time with the mortal creatures? Aragus, nicknamed Arrogant behind his back, shook his head in disbelief. They are pitiful and if that’s not enough, it’s against the law, punishable by death. Of course, he would think he was better than humans, he thought he was better than other supernaturals and even most fae. The only exception she knew of was her father because he looked up to him as a mentor.

      Only against the law if you mate one of them. They can be fun to play with. Leige said. No one was sure if his mother couldn’t spell, or she had given him the name on purpose. He was an aggressive warrior, so no one was foolish enough to ask. The male was also a man whore, Lothario, or Romeo. Any and all terms of that sort applied to him. It was almost as if he thought it a competition to see who could sleep with the most females and he’d left all his friends far behind.

      A human was what she suspected her mate was. That man was handsome and a capable warrior, she’d seen him in her dreams, but a death sentence to claim. The talk of mating just emphasized what she would have to do. It had always been her intention to wait until she was older to mate, much older. That Allendra was forcing this on her, on all those who had been present, infuriated her. The female had too much power and what of Zaan? Why wouldn’t he step up and champion them since they were his as much as hers?

      Serena! The king snapped. What is with you tonight?

      Nothing, Father. I’m here, aren’t I?

      Are you having dreams?

      What if I am? What can anyone do about it?

      He sighed heavily. I should have chosen a different female to breed.

      Serena pushed down the anger she felt at her father. To him, breeding was a duty done to get an heir. Serena and her four sisters had to fulfill a need. He wouldn’t stop until he sired a male even though it didn’t seem likely that he would. Her mother had been from another fae kingdom. She was a princess captured in a raid and seduced. Once Serena was five, her mother had been sent back to her home without her child, but her father insisted she had been generously compensated for her time and trouble.

      The powers her mother had possessed were ones her father had initially thought good to have passed on to a future ruler. Unfortunately, the prophetic dreams hadn’t cooperated and had given glimpses of an uncertain future. Now it seemed, he regretted the powers from her mother’s side. It was a little too late to bemoan the choices now that he had a daughter fully grown. The humans might say that it was what it was so move on. Some of them liked to state the obvious.

      The relationship with her father was tense all the time. She loved him, he was her father, but sometimes she didn’t like him much. Part of that was the fact that he resented her for not being male. He’d even gone so far as to tell her if she’d just grown a pair of balls in the womb, his worries would be gone. None of that seemed nearly as important now that they might all be undone. Being fae was the biggest part of their identity or at least it was in her opinion.

      Serena loved magic, she loved her dragon Seraphim, and she loved the world she lived in. It was full of things that would no longer exist in a humanish place. She had nothing against humans, she just cherished her magical world and everything that came with it. Bringing a human here and assimilating him to her world would not be easy, but she would do it to save all that was dear to her.

      Slipping away from the party celebrating the joining of two people she barely knew, she went straight to the wishing pool. The wishing well, surrounded by gems of many kinds in reds, blues, greens, purples, blacks, and even clear stones, placed in a round cement formation about three feet high, sat in one corner of the courtyard. Ferns and ornamental grasses grew around it, screening it from sight and giving the illusion of privacy. With supernatural senses, anyone in the garden could hear the whispered words of those within its walls.

      The pool was said to grant the wishes of those who threw something of great value into it. What few knew, was that it would also reveal an answer to the person that gave a part of themselves to it. Now that sounded like you needed to remove body parts, but the truth wasn’t nearly so gruesome. A drop of blood, a tear, or a strand of hair would do. The answers she received were not always straightforward, but they were always correct once she figured out what they meant.

      This was the only way she knew to find out what kingdom her mate was from. There were other supernatural kingdoms and there were other human worlds, as well. A veil, which was like a magic curtain, separated these worlds and if she exited her world under the veil, the location she chose to exit from,

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