Awakening (Book 1, the Dark Rituals Series)

Colina was taught to fear and hate death dealers, but becoming one of them is the only way for her to get the revenge she seeks - and the only way for her to survive. To become a death dealer, she will need to undergo three dark rituals, each more terrifying than the last...

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Seventeen-year-old Colina was born a healer. But after a horrific event forces her to leave her clan, she becomes desperate to learn the dark magic of the death dealers, mages who draw their power from the spirits of the dead. Colina turns to a death dealer named Luke to learn the Death Arts, but as she undergoes the trials, she discovers an untapped darkness within herself. If she survives the horrific rituals and gains dark power, what will she become?

Content and trigger warning: This story contains scenes of violence, death, and demonic possession.

[[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]
Cover designed by April Alforque