Nicholea: A Life Damned by Heather McAlendin

Nicholea DeWulff was a child damned from the moment of conception. Born into a 14th-century gypsy caravan, Nicholea knows nothing but pain and heartache from the moment of his birth. Nicholea's biological father, Heinrich DeWulff, is unaware of his existence or of the death of his son's biological mother, Anna. Heinrich portrays himself as a religious man, involved in crusades to save souls for his "Master." Angered at the death of his beloved Anna and not being told about his biological child, Heinrich sets out to punish those who would dare keep his son from him. What follows is ritualistic brainwashing and abuse of both Nicholea and his adoptive mother and family. When Nicholea reaches manhood, he begins to hear a voice that coerces and guides him into the belief that he will one day become more powerful that his biological father. It is a voice that whispers promises of unlimited power and immortality. Nicholea finds he has a taste for evil and nothing will quench his wicked thirst until he meets the formidable Lady Constance Von Weiler. Will love save his soul or is Nicholea lost to his evil "Master" forever?