Rome's Captive - Tasha M Taylor

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Résumé :

Alara-a captive to a corrupt branch of the government-has found herself outside the walls of her prison, where she must learn to survive. Forced to navigate within a world she's never experienced, all while harnessing powers she can hardly control and barely understands just might be her ultimate test in life. When fate puts her within the path of Immortal beings with powers and senses unlike anything she's ever witnessed, Alara's mind, heart, and soul are challenged. Lines are drawn, lies are told, and truths are bottled up to protect the life she recently escaped and continues to run from.

Romulus, leader of his species and king of the Eternal Guardians, has grown weary of his duties. For centuries, he and his people have fought for humanity in a war against a corrupt organization and the Rogue vampires they created. Their primary objective is to keep the humans safe, protected, and oblivious to the monsters that go bump in the night. Still, the repetitive nature of their position has caused Romulus to become somewhat resentful of the very humans he protects. Fate intervenes in the form of a woman who holds hope for his people. With powers that label her as a Kindred-someone capable of mating one of his kind-Rome attempts to teach and guide Alara, all while fighting an unholy attraction to her.

What happens when their enemies catch up with them?

And what happens when Romulus stops holding back from claiming the woman he senses as his fated mate?

Will Alara have the heart to keep up her lies and half-truths from the man she's falling for?

Or will she bear all and risk the future she could have?

When secrets are revealed and people are pushed beyond their limits, will Rome and Alara stand together as one or allow the dark forces around them to win in the end?