Chapter 30: NO God to Pray toDemiI guess I should be thankful that Selene and Typhon saw everything that happened with Ryder. They were waiting to intercept me when Ares and I returned to Olympus. We are all situated in the main meeting hall as they discuss who I will be assigned to next. Will it be with Ares, or will I remain assigned to Selene and Typhon? I don’t care to listen to the arguments being tossed over the table regarding me. All I can think of is the way Ryder looked as he let himself fall into hell. My heart squeezed in my chest and a new flood of tears threatened to spill from my eyes. He’s, my mate. This entire time, Ryder Layden and I have been mated. It is unheard of for a Keres to have a mate. Wait a second, if I am Ryder’s mate doesn’t that mean Selene was the one who gave me to him? This is something I will ask her about when and if I ever get the chance. I raise my head to look at the pathetic excuse of a god sitting across the table from me. He too
Chapter 31: Lunar SwordNarratorAphrodite walked through the doors of the meeting room. Her usual seductive walk was replaced with a stiff unnatural looking gate. Aphrodite had no plans of admitting what she had been an accomplice to. Selene knew right away that Aphrodite knew exactly what had happened, and it was in this moment that she remembered something that Demi had said to Ares. ‘You want me so bad, don’t you? Well now you can have me, but I promise you this. You will regret ever separating me from my mate.’ This could only mean one thing. Aphrodite released the mate bond that was restricting Ryder and Demi from recognizing that they were fated mates! Selene’s heart broke as she realized what Ares had done in the moments before sending Ryder to hell. He let Ryder and Demi realize that they were bonded then separated them from each other. What better way to really break someone? There are no words to describe such a pain that they must have felt. Truly there is nothing worse t
Chapter 32: UnworthyNarrator “Aphrodite, no!” Ares yelled for her to stop talking. He moved past Typhon but was rapidly grabbed by the back of his neck and body slammed through a stone chair. The chair laid in pieces all around Ares. The black claws of Typhon’s dragon protruded from his fingertips and extended into the back of Ares neck, effectively holding him against the floor with no effort or struggle at all.Aphrodite heard Ares’s yell for her to stop, but she had no choice. Selene wouldn’t hesitate to behead her if she didn’t come out with the truth, and no man was worth that. “The truth Aphrodite!” Zeus commands. “What Selene said is all true!” Aphrodite cried as she spoke. She still held onto Selene’s arm trying to keep the lunar blade from piercing her neck. “Ares did send Ryder to hell after I released the hold on his mate bond with Demi. I don’t know anything else though, I promise.” Aphrodite’s eyes pleaded silently with Selene.
Chapter 33: Fierce and IntenseDemiI felt my mood lighten the moment I formed a plan that could lead me back to Ryder. I can’t get him out of hell, but I can go to be with him. “Demi, Demi. Are you okay? You’re worrying me honey. Demi, can you hear me?” Suddenly I realized that Selene was crouched down in front of where I was sitting. I don’t know how long she had been trying to get my attention, but I only heard her voice just now. I blinked to clear my eyes. They felt dry and sticky like I hadn’t blinked for a while. I raised my eyes to look at Selene, then Typhon to her right. “Sorry Selene, my mind was somewhere else.” “Oh honey, I know where your mind was. It was on Ryder, and we will find a way to get him back. If I have to…” She leaned into me and whispered closely to my ear. “If I have to, I’ll convince Typhon to go seduce Hades. You know that Hades has a bizarre sexual appetite, right?” That actually got me giggling. I know that’s what sh
Chapter 34: Out with ItDemiI looked back and forth between Selene and typhon. I started to feel nervous, and I felt as if I was going to be sick. “Demi, have you ever wondered about your parents?”Responding to Typhons question, I nodded my head. “I did when I was younger, but because all Keres are taken from their parents after a certain age, I never thought a whole lot about it. Then when I finished training three years ago, I was assigned to you guys. I have been assigned to watch over Ryder for the majority of that time. As you both know by now, he has taken up all the free space in my mind.” “You never wondered why you are assigned to two gods at once? What about the fact that you have never been assigned to any gods other than Typhon and I?” Selene’s brought up some good questions. I had never really thought about it.Now that she mentions it, I have never known of another Keres being assigned to two gods at once. Hmm… I have definitely neve
Chapter 35: FamilyDemiAt this point, there was a constant stream of tears escaping down my cheeks. I used the sleeve of my shirt to wipe them away. I looked towards Selene when she stopped talking. I needed to hear the rest of the story. Selene looked back at me with soft eyes and a kind smile.“The old lady was your father’s mother, your grandmother. Her name was Hellen and she loved you very much. Hellen explained that she had been expecting me. Your mother and father had been killed only a few minutes before I showed up. Somehow Jasmine had known that something wasn’t right, and had a feeling that Zeus knew about what she had done. Jasmine had told her about Typhon and me. She told Hellen everything just in case something happened to her and your father. Hellen gave me a letter that Jasmine left. I think you should read it. The letter will explain the rest.” Selene reached into the pocket of her dress and pulled out a yellow well worn folded piece of paper. I took it from her ou
Chapter 36: Ryder Wake UpDemi“Selene, can I ask you a question?” “Of course, Demi. Whatever you want to know.”“Why did you make me Ryder’s fated mate? That had to be you right? You are the one that picks mates for the wolves and Lycans. Aphrodite is the one who joins the two together though. Why did you pick me for Ryder?” Selene smiled and answered my question.“Well, a better question to ask is why did I choose Ryder for you? The answer is this. Typhon and I were never going to let you live the life of a full-blooded Keres. Even with being assigned to Typhon and I we didn’t want that life for you. Your mother wished for you to live a life the way you wanted to, and that is also what Typhon and I wanted. Being the moon goddess, I choose the mates for my children. Zeus and I swore an agreement centuries ago that I had permission to mate who I wanted together and there would be no objection to my decision. I guess he didn’t expect for me to mate my wolves with other races like drag
Chapter 37: Bugs Don’t TalkRyderBefore I could open my eyes, I felt something land on my chest and straddle my neck. The weight of it nearly knocked the breath from my lungs. I had no time to cough or complain because a tiny scaly hand smacked the actual shit out of me. “What the fuck!” Now I’m pissed. On instinct, my body jolted upright, reacting to my anger. I’m about to kill whoever it was that hit me. My eyes are open now, but my vision is foggy. I grabbed hold of the weight around my neck. Grasping it, I yanked it off me and pulled back to throw the thing. Only whatever it was also had ahold of me too. My vision began to clear, and the damn thing started crawling up my arm like a fucking spider. I bounced, and hopped, and bucked as the thing straddled my shoulders. I reached up and placed both my hands on each side of the scaly object. I tugged and tugged, but whatever the thing was now had hold of my ears! “ya, ya! Giddy up little doggie!” It spoke!