“The fae king took her. I got here too late,” Ryker tells me. Blood pours down his cheek, and magical cuffs are wrapped around his wrists, preventing him from using his powers. I wave a hand over them, and they disappear, allowing Ryker to immediately shift into his hellhound. The creature is huge, on fire, and downright evil looking. I know one bite from him would burn you from the inside out. I turn my gaze back to the queen, who finally seems to have realised her mistake as she looks between us.
“I was sent to Messorem to make sure this test is uninterrupted,” I say, crossing my arms. “Now you’ve messed up the gods’ plans. Do you think they will show you and your people mercy?”
“Torfinn—”
“Do you think I will?” I ask. I wonder how much this cold woman thinks she can control me. “Stop the test until I am back with Daesyn and Poppy. If you harm a hair on their family’s heads, I will make it my personal mission to destroy this world and force you to watch. Do you understand?”
The ground shakes from my power, and the swords in the room glow, recognising the magic that created them. The queen stumbles back to her throne and nods her head, her eyes wide.
“I will not stand in your way.”
I turn around and walk out, hearing Ryker close behind me. I stop at the sight of an angry overlord demon, smothered head to toe in blood, in the door of the throne room.
“Where is she?” Seth angrily snaps. “I need to find Daesyn. There is a problem on Earth, and she is needed by Queen Evelina.”
“The Seelie Fae King has taken her as his prisoner. We are going there now.” I take a moment to explain before opening my own shadow portal, one they can follow. I step through the shadows and out to right in front of the Otherworld portal. A hundred reaper guards wait in a line in front of it, and they all turn to us.
I raise my hand with a mixture of magic swirling around it, and Ryker growls next to me. When Seth comes to my other side, the guards seem to make a unanimous decision and run for it in all different directions, leaving the portal behind. I take a step and stop when I see Sebastian in front of the portal, just before he walks into it.
“If the king has harmed one hair on her head, nothing you can do will stop me from raising hell in that world,” Seth warns.
My eyes glow with untapped power. “Don’t worry, demon. Hell will be the least of their worries. They would have to fight a god, and there will be nothing left when I’m done.”
Wait for us, Daesyn, you’re not alone anymore.
You never were.
The end for now…
Afterword
The End!! I’ve loved writing this book and I can’t wait to share the next book in this series called The Forsaken Rune. Daesyn (and most importantly Mossy) will be back soon!
Thank you to everyone that helped with this book! You know who you are.
Thank you for picking my book up and reading all the way to the end, if you want to leave a small review, that would be amazing!
G. Bailey xoxo.
Glossary
The Gods- Twelve different gods and goddesses that have untold power. They do not mix with mortals and live on Olympus.
Demi-gods- Forbidden children of gods.
Reapers- A noble race who have control over shadows and can preach the portals of hell. Powerful reapers can control the dead and bring back souls.
Unseelie Fae- Currently imprisoned and banished due to crimes in The Fae War.
Seelie Fae- They rule the Otherworld under the rule of the Seelie Fae King.
Demons- From hell and usually have brightly coloured hair/skin. Their powers vary depending on their gene line.
Overlord Demons- Stronger than many races and only ones who can enter the third layer of hell. Set with protecting hell from its downfall.
Protectors- Supernaturals with angel blood who were created to control the supernatural race.
Werewolves- Closely related to shifters but their sole animal is a wolf. They must change when there is a full moon.
Witches- Witches are controllers of the elements and have incredible powers. They are marked with their fate at birth.
Shifters- Supernaturals who have the ability to shift into any animal.
Familiars- Creatures of any race who are bonded to a supernatural being.
Hellhounds- Born from a mix of werewolf shifters and demons, hellhounds are a new race. Hellhounds are fast, can turn into fire, and they are hired guardians for portals to hell.
Angels- A race once thought extinct. Angels come from heaven and it is forbidden for them to mix outside their own race.
Otherworld- Home to the fae and controlled by two courts. The Unseelie Court and the Seelie Court.
Unseelie Court- One of the two fae courts. The Unseelie control half of the Otherworld and is currently ruled by no one.
Seelie Court- One of the two fae courts. The Seelie control half of the Otherworld under the rule of The Great Fae King.
The Reaper Realm- A world connected to Earth and can only be accessed by Reapers travelling through shadows. Holds the main portal to the Otherworld.
