The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

But now she has decided it is time to die herself. Unfortunately, her new body means the death of someone else. Seraphina has been living for 600 yeas as an incarnate, which means she retains her own soul, but must replace the body she lives in every 10 years. Before she actually dies, Cyrus saves her by giving her an alchemical mixture that gives her immortality - but in another person's body.įast forward to present day San Francisco. Cyrus manages to kill them, but not before Sera is fatally stabbed.

While talking to Cyrus, the pair are accosted by robbers. Going outside for some fresh air, she runs into Cyrus, the apothecary's son. Young Serphina Ames is attending a party with her parents. Will Sera have to give up the one thing that's eluded her for centuries: true love? But Cyrus will stop at nothing until she's his again, and every moment she stays, she's putting herself and the people she's grown to care for in great danger. For the first time, Sera finds herself enjoying the life of the person she's inhabiting-and falls for the human boy who lives next door. Then sixteen-year-old Kailey Morgan gets into a horrific car accident right in front of her, and Sera accidentally takes over her body. No longer able to bear the guilt of what she's done, Sera escapes from Cyrus and vows to never kill again. Centuries ago, her boyfriend, Cyrus, discovered a method of alchemy that allows them to swap bodies with other humans, jumping from one vessel to the next, taking the human's life in the process. Eternal life provides her with the world's riches, but at a very high price: innocent lives. Seraphina's first love made her immortal.her second might get her killed.Īfter spending six hundred years on earth, Seraphina Ames has seen it all.

The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams