Of Thorns and Ice

Of Thorns and Ice Demon Sacrifices Duet Book One Kenzie Skye Copyright © 2023 by Kenzie Skye All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Epilogue One Gwen "Let go of me right now!" I kick and scream and flail, but it's all for naught. It's time for the annual demon sacrifices, and my worst fear has come true. The other villagers have chosen me to sacrifice this year. I've always been afraid it would eventually be me. I'm not the most popular girl. Most of the villagers see me as "backwards" and "too smart for my own good." It only makes sense that they'd take any excuse they could to get rid of me. See, it's archaic, but every year Village Thorns selects a virgin to be sacrificed to a demon. It's believed that by sacrificing an eighteen-year-old virgin, the demon will bestow certain favors on the village. I call bullshit. If that was the case, why is our village still Two Bastian I pull the raven-haired beauty close to my chest and inhale deeply. She smells sweet and innocent, and something about her is different from all the other sacrifices I've received over the years. These idiot villagers believe that by sacrificing one of their virgins to my brother and me every year they'll somehow parry favor with us and we'll make things go well for their little village in the upcoming year. If they only knew... Their sacrifices don't make a damn bit of difference. All they're doing is harming young innocents. Something that my brother and I are powerless over too. We're also a pawn in this sick ritual, but we're helpless to stop it. Humans mistakenly believe we demons hold all the power, but they couldn't be further from the truth. We're enslaved