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Jane DoeIn This Chapter: Azrael: God of the Wolves. Orion: God of the Mages. Draco: God of the Lycans. Hemlock: God of Poison. Casimir: God of Trickery. Drefan: God of Madness. Ismene: Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge. Rosalind: Goddess of Beauty. Check out my newest book, Lycans of Lunar Isle! It has werewolves, witches, dark romance, forbidden love, and much more!
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Blakely The Next Day The ship pitched to the left, jostled by a wave the size of my old house. While I ooh’d and ahh’d at the glittering water, speckled with hints of sea life I’d never seen before—including some very flirtatious mermaids—Orion felt differently. My pale-haired, vicious, insufferable mate let out a pained groan and rushed to the side to vomit into the water. Hopefully the mermaids had scattered. After catching a few hours of sleep, we awoke and caught the earliest ship heading back into the mortal realm. The trade routes were one of the fastest ways to slip through the mist, guarded by the God of the Mist himself, Emrys. Men dressed in gilded coats and buckled boots raced along the deck of the ship, tugging ropes and unfurling the smaller masts. Those with wings hovered a few inches above the polished wooden planks. Those with gills helped control the tide, egging it on until we were cruising over cerulean waves. I stifled a yawn. Had Azrael not awoken me in t
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Blakely There were two things I was certain of. One: The ancient force of evil after us wouldn’t get the chance to kill me because I was seconds away from offing myself. Two: Azrael was up to something. We sat out back of my parents lavish, luxurious house. The patio was just as I’d seen it through Lunette’s mirror. Pale stone led to a staircase, down to a field of emerald grass and an inground pool set with it’s own diving board and built-in waterfall. I was still reeling from seeing not only my sister, but my father. Where Lina had blossomed, Dad had regressed. He looked—well, he looked awful. Dark circles lined his eyes, and he had a beard that looked like an overgrown hedge. When he pulled me into his arms I was stunned speechless. My father had hugged me in the past, but it was those awkward half-hugs where the person lazily drapes an arm over you and then calls it a day. This was different. He clung to me like I was a life preserver in the middle of a vast ocean, and when
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Blakely Lina looked away guiltily. More than once she’d heard me screaming from my bedroom. Each time I snarled and told her I was fine—told her to stop pretending to care. “Yes.” I replied evenly, “It’s not something I’m comfortable talking about though. Maybe someday, but not now.” They didn’t need to know all the grizzly details until I was well and ready to tell them. Besides, if I had to confess what I’d done to those Mages, I’d likely spew every ounce of eaten pizza onto the table. Slowly, my mother set down her martini. “Blakely, I would have never sent you to that place if I had known…” She pressed her trembling fingers to her mouth. “Goddess, what kind of mother am I?” Azrael, the asshole, mock pouted. “You’ll find no sympathy here, mortal. Your kind always finds a way to live with the terrible things they’ve done. I’m sure you will as well.” “Not helping.” I murmured. He shrugged against my back. “No, but it is fun.” “Enough.” I said softly, much calmer this time arou
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Blakely “You were going to run away?” I asked. Mom pinched her lips together. “She thought I didn’t notice her gathering supplies, but my bank statements are proof enough. Winter coats, hunting knives, and packs of freeze-dried food. That’s only the cheaper things. Don’t even get me started on the tent she bought.” Lina fixed me with a flat stare, one so severe that my face began to warm. Without hesitation—without an ounce of playfulness—she said, “I knew you weren’t dead. I don’t know how, but I could feel it in my chest. So, I was going to come find you.” The air rushed from my lungs. My sister was going to come into the Godly realm to find me. She was going to do this all on her own, without a single shred of help. Tears pricked the backs of my eyes and I blinked, glancing away as I fought to shove them down. My fiery, willful little sister who had been given everything was going to sacrifice it all for me. Gingerly cradling her glass of wine, Lina brought it to her lips and
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Blakely Beneath Draco’s hands the doors swung open, unleashing a gust of musty scented air that blew back my hair and sapped the moisture from my eyes. What awaited us was darkness so thick it seemed to writhe like ink in a glass vial, sloshing over the sides and pouring into the circular cavern we currently occupied. I steadied myself by taking a deep breath. It didn’t matter that my entire body was currently on high alert. We could do this. We had to. With Orion’s cerulean flame lighting the way, we stepped into the cavern’s gaping mouth and watched in silence as the doors swung shut and it swallowed us whole. The corridor we stood in was comprised of uneven slabs of stone all melded together to create a tunnel large enough for a pack of wolves to travel through. Images long faded over time were painted onto the walls in swirls and whorls that seemed to move beneath the glow of Orion’s flames. It was silent as we moved, so deafeningly silent that I was scared to breathe. The t
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Blakely If I survived this, tales would be told to my grandchildren about how their mother valiantly stood her ground against the gruesome, terrifying Librarians, and did not yield despite the fear coursing through her veins. It would be a lie, of course. Every cowardly instinct in my body was telling me to high tail it the fuck out of there and leave the three massive Gods to fight on my behalf. Now that would be a true test of love. Orion pinned me against the wall with his body, his hand clasped over my mouth. I didn’t have time to accept that he’d thrown himself in front of me without hesitation, because the Librarian was quickly closing in on us. It wheezed as it inched closer, it’s cloak sweeping over the ground. I didn’t dare blink, fearing it would hear my eyelids meet or my lashes brush one another. Peering at it from around Orion’s large frame, I heard Draco’s voice enter my mind. “Do not move. Perhaps it will turn away.” The Librarian stopped a foot away from Orion’s
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Blakely By some miracle—by miracle I mean Orion—we made it to the center of the maze. I’d been hoping we’d stumble upon Ismene herself stocking the shelves or doing some other menial task, but we had no such luck. Instead, we found a large swirling staircase descending into a dim, torch-lit darkness. Having no other choice, we clamored down them, pressing our backs against the wall hard enough to bruise whenever a wandering Librarian passed by. At this rate, the scent of dirt and dust had all but clogged my nose, and I was almost certain the tremor in my hands had become permanent. I wanted so badly to tell Orion what I’d seen. Tears had streamed from my eyes as we ran, clinging to my throat and neck in sticky rivulets. There had to be hundreds of levels to the underground library, each one packed with moving shelves full of books. Some glowed as Lina’s had, while others pulsated with darkness, or shot off sparks that danced silently in the air. The Librarian’s were everywhere, o
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Blakely “Her family?” Orion’s gritty voice followed with, “We would never betray her. Never. All this time we’ve been searching for her.” If Ismene felt disrespected by Orion’s poorly repressed snarl, she didn’t let on. No, her mind seemed to be somewhere else, split between different tasks or points in time. We held only a portion of her attention, but it was enough. “Even still, there are those close to Lunette who have not cared nearly as much in regard to her disappearance.” I was beginning to notice more and more about Ismene. She had a kindness to her, a sympathy that burned in her eyes, but she didn’t withhold the truth no matter how much it might hurt. There was a bluntness to everything she said, as though she cared more about fact than feelings. “Ozul was trapped in a basement for Goddess knows how long,” I shot Orion a look letting him know that I hadn’t quite forgotten my stay in the mansion of stars lower level. “And Solana—Solana has been looking too.” Ismene lifte
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