Dark Breed 02 - Bedeviled by Sable Grace

Author:Sable Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Vampires, Adult
ISBN: 9780061964411
Publisher: Avon

Chapter Twenty

Ryker watched the emotions flickering across Kyana’s face. The very air of Olympus seemed to absorb her outrage, and he was pretty sure she didn’t realize what she was doing. The sky darkened. The air became thick. The wind shifted from a gentle breeze to a gust that whipped her black and amber curls about her face.

“Ky, you need to calm down before Olympus sees its first lightning storm in centuries.”

She blinked.

He pointed skyward where a jet black cloud had gathered directly over their heads. “Your temper. You’re doing this.”

Lightning danced in her eyes then flashed overhead.

“Let me explain.”

“Explain?” She crossed her arms and glared. “By all means, please explain how abandoning me and Haven in order to get some twisted revenge on your father should make me calm down.”

Ryker glanced around, wishing for a secluded place for them to talk. He could feel Ares watching them. This wasn’t a conversation he wanted to have in front of his father. While this wasn’t about revenge as Kyana thought, he’d be lying if he said that Ares’s outrage wasn’t an added benefit.

But mostly, this had been about not having to become Ares, as well as his fierce belief that Zeus needed a replacement pronto. Very few people, even a Chosen, had the ability to contain the power of Zeus. But Ryker was already a demigod. He could hold those powers and learn to wield them effectively.

That it was making Ares so mad only made his decision that much more satisfying.

Moving them around the temple to the elaborate labyrinths on the north side, Ryker maneuvered easily through the maze. When they reached the center, he motioned for Kyana to sit, and waited while she contemplated whether she would. He knew his relationship with Ares was driving her nuts, but he wasn’t any more ready to explain that catastrophe to her than she was willing to talk about her human life with him. Hell, he didn’t even like to think about most of it himself, let alone share the details.

Finally, she placed herself beside him, but the anger in her eyes didn’t calm.

“The day of your trial,” he started. “When you needed to go to Haven’s quarters, I wanted to give you what I thought—what we all thought—was your final request. There was only one way I could make that happen for you.”

“The deal you made with Ares.”

Ryker nodded.

She’d been so devastated that day, knowing she was facing the possibility of death for turning Haven. He’d only wanted to give her peace of mind before her hearing. He’d known that she could never go to trial with enough fight left in her to win unless she knew first that Haven was going to be okay. He would have agreed to anything to grant Kyana that wish. And he had.

“Ares does nothing for free, not even for his son, so I vowed to pay whatever price he demanded to let you go to Haven before your trial.”

He knew there was only one thing that Ares wanted and that was for Ryker to acknowledge him as his father before the Ancients.

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