Ensnared: An Eternal Guardians Novella by Elisabeth Naughton

Author:Elisabeth Naughton [Naughton, Elisabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Eternal Guardians, 1001 Dark Nights, romance, fantasy, Elisabeth Naughton, mythology
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Panic wrapped like a boa constrictor around Ryder’s chest as the closest Siren to Zakara reached out and jerked her away from him. “The king of the gods is waiting, little one. Let’s finish this, shall we?”

If he let her out of his sight, he knew he’d never see her again. “Hold on—”

“Your job here is done, dream weaver,” the blonde Siren in the middle said, glaring over Zakara’s head toward him. “You’re free to return to the cosmos.”

Zakara turned shocked eyes his way as the Sirens tugged her toward the door. Shocked and bitterly betrayed eyes. Eyes he had to ignore if he was going to get them out of this.

He looked past Zakara and focused on the Siren. “Zeus is waiting for my report on her Horae abilities.”

“We can fill him in.”

“And what are you going to tell him? You know nothing.”

The Siren’s jaw clenched down hard. At her side, the redhead lowered her bow and whispered, “He’s right. Let him report back what he knows. If Zeus isn’t satisfied, he’ll punish the dream weaver. If he is, he’ll send the dream weaver on his way. Neither are our concerns. We were only sent to get the girl after he lured her into the human realm.”

Zakara’s eyes narrowed with blistering anger, but Ryder continued to ignore her. Her only chance now was for him to play along. And for him to find a way to somehow convince the king of the gods she was useless.

“Fine,” the blonde said. “Bring them both. Zeus is waiting.”

The redhead grasped his arm and tugged him toward the door behind Zakara. She grunted and stumbled but he didn’t have a chance to check to see if she was all right. By the time he stepped foot on the front porch of the small cabin, she was already gone, flashing to Olympus. That panic seized his chest all over again, but he forced himself to remain calm and let the Siren at his side open her own portal.

Light flashed, and he felt himself flying. And then ground solidified under his feet, and he looked up to see the familiar yet stomach-churning view of Olympus—ornate marble and gold temples, towering fountains, and immortals of all kinds milling about, doing nothing but eating and drinking and feasting over their successes.

“This way.” The redhead dragged him forward, toward the biggest and most elaborate temple at the end of the street. The one dripping with gold that stretched into the sky.

Zeus’s temple always turned Ryder’s stomach. There wasn’t a single thing beautiful or relaxing about it. A large hall with towering columns greeted him. A long rectangular pool took up most of the floor space in the center. At the end, on an enormous raised dais, the king of the gods lounged in his opulent chair, looking bored as he waited for the Sirens to haul Zakara and Ryder to a stop at his feet.

He was old, thousands of years old, but you’d never know by looking.

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