A Drop of Venom

A witch left for dead, an exiled naga, and the power of making your own destiny.

Hazel has always hidden her powers to protect herself from those who fear witches. The cost of her caution has been her happiness, and her safety is far from guaranteed. An attack by vicious noble forces her to use her magic for protection—and leaves her at the mercy of the forest’s most dangerous predator.

Exiled long ago from the kingdom of the serpentae, Terolon made a new home in the land of humans. For many years he has simply existed, basking in his carefully tended garden and slipping unseen through the deep woods hunting prey. His isolation abruptly ends when an enticing new scent draws him away from his refuge and to a human female brutalized by her own kind and left to die.

She is his treasure. His light. His mate.

Terolon knows Hazel belongs in his coils. But can a lost son of a faraway land persuade a wary daughter of the forest to trust a male with no clan and little more to offer than his protection and his hearts?

Tropes include size difference, fated mates, he falls first, hurt/comfort, touch her and RIP, and revenge as foreplay. Please visit the author’s website for content notes and TWs.