The Bargainer - La série

Le Roi de la Nuit peut vous offrir ce que vous désirez le plus au monde… mais cela a un prix… Tout le monde sait que lorsqu’on a besoin d’une faveur, il faut s’adresser au Roi de la Nuit. Il peut vous obtenir tout ce que vous voulez… à condition d’en payer le prix. Et tôt ou tard, il vient toujours collecter son dû. Un seul client a échappé à cette règle. Jusqu’à maintenant. Calypso Lillis est une sirène avec un gros problème. Depuis sept ans, elle cumule les dettes magiques sous la forme de perles noires serties en bracelet autour de son poignet. Autant de faveurs qu’elle doit encore rembourser. Alors le jour où Callie découvre le Roi de la Nuit dans sa chambre, un sourire aux lèvres et les yeux étincelants, elle sait que sa vie est sur le point de changer. Il se passe quelque chose dans l’AutreMonde. Des guerriers faes disparaissent, un par un. S’il veut avoir le moindre espoir de sauver son peuple, le Roi aura besoin de l’aide de la sirène. Mais son ennemi a un goût pour les créatures exotiques, et Callie est la cible idéale.

Siren and soulmate to the King of Night, Callypso Lillis survived the clutches of Karnon, the mad king, and his twisted prison. But the nightmare isn’t over. Callie wears the physical reminders of her time as a captive, and mounting evidence suggests the Thief of Souls is still out there. When a fae celebration thrusts Callie and her mate, Desmond Flynn, into the Kingdom of Flora, they take their investigation with them. But under the bright lights and striking blooms of the realm, they find there are more immediate issues to deal with. No place is more uniquely savage than the great fae halls, and no amount of bargains can save Callie from royal intrigues. Fairies play dangerous games. Some want love, some want vengeance, some want flesh, and some want things too unspeakable to utter. One thing is for sure: no one is who they appear to be. Not even Des, who only grows more enigmatic with every passing secret. But the Kingdom of Flora has its own secrets, from bleeding trees to branded slaves and missing guards. Something is stirring in the land of all that grows, and if Callie isn’t careful, it will claim everything and everyone she loves—and her along with it.

In the beginning, there was darkness. Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave. But fate had something else in mind. Till darkness dies. From the barren caves of Arestys to the palace of Somnia to the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, a fairy who began with nothing, became the Emperor of Evening Stars.

There are worse things than death. Things that lurk in the shadows and slip into your dreams. Things that have no business existing. Things that once slept … but have now awoken. For Callypso Lillis, the fae magic that now runs through her veins is equal parts curse and good fortune. For the very thing that bonds her to Desmond Flynn, the King of the Night, also makes her vulnerable to the Thief of Souls, a man who wants to break the world … and Callie along with it. But it’s not just the Thief whose shadow looms over the Otherworld. Des’s father is back from the dead, and he wants revenge on the son who sent him to the grave in the first place. Des and Callie must figure out how to stop both men, and time is running out. Because there are forces at play working to tear the lovers apart once and for all … and unfortunately for them, death is no longer the worst thing to fear.