The only thing that Meri Halsin wants to be is normal. Unfortunately an ancient evil is stalking her in to fulfil the family curse called the Halsin Legacy. Desperate not to be another victim, Meri journeys to find the one legendary warrior who can defeat him and save her life. Will Moregan is often haunted by his only failure. As an immortal Vampyr Prince, he had spent countless centuries fighting to protect those closest to him so that his failure will never be happen again. Unfortunately just when he thinks that he's the only one haunted by it he finds Meri Halsin, a woman cursed by that very mistake. As the curse unravels, both Meri and Will are challenged by an ancient evil that has been festering for thousands of years, and with leagues of minions who are hell bent to destroy them. With few to trust, Meri and Will must seek a way to fufill their true roles as guardians of the world and defeat the evil before it plunges the world in darkness.

Ouida was the pen name of an English female author, Marie Louise Rame. She wrote more than 40 books of children's fiction, historical romance, adventure stories, and short stories. In this book, she looks at her own works and takes quotations from them.

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