Bad Blood by D.D. Miers

From the outside, my life seems perfect.
But the truth is—I’m a prisoner.
Trapped for the last two decades in magical servitude to my Uncle Cedric, for someone else’s debt.
He’s the greatest sorcerer in our world and everyone fears him…but they have no idea that the real source of his remarkable power is little ‘ole me.
When I discover my uncle intends to turn my temporary service into a life sentence, I know the only chance I have to escape his leash is by helping those who hate him even more than I do.
The Slayers.
When their emerald eyed leader, Barrick Blackwood, shows up, I lend a hand.
Or… well… I tried to.
There’s only one problem… In my attempt to save Barrick, I screwed up.
I turned him from a human, into a monster… and he hates me for it.
Now, we must rely on each other if we want to elude the forces hunting us.
That is… If we don’t end up killing each other before everyone else has the chance to