The Samhain Feast. The Court of Desire Chronicles, #6

The Court of Desire burns brightest on Samhain night. Maya has served Queen Seravine long enough to know that desire can be both a reward and a weapon. The queen's appetite is endless; her court, a maze of silk, smoke, and sin. Yet even Maya's jaded heart stirs as the castle prepares for the Samhain feast-a night of fire, magic, and surrender. When Seravine grows impatient with her alchemist's delays, Maya volunteers to fetch the missing potions, only to stumble upon another kind of intoxication entirely.
In the tower, lust and alchemy mix in equal measure, and by the time she returns, the queen's plans for the evening have already shifted toward something darker. As the revel begins, the castle becomes a temple to pleasure: courtiers stripped bare beneath candlelight, wine and laughter spilling together across the tables. Yet amid the debauchery, a circle has been drawn. Symbols etched in chalk. A vial of blood waiting to be used.
When Queen Seravine summons a demon from the flames, Maya is the one pulled into the circle. What begins as terror soon becomes something else-an overwhelming, all-consuming desire that leaves her trembling and reborn. Book Six of the Court of Desire Chronicles is a standalone novella of ritual magic, sensual power, and indulgent sin. A decadent Samhain tale from Ravyn T. Blackwood.