Mortal Desires: A monster Romance (Morales Coven Book 1) by Scarlett Reyes & Amy Oliveira

Author:Scarlett Reyes & Amy Oliveira [Reyes, Scarlett & Oliveira, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

“I’m keeping the witch.”

Lagus, who had been scribbling my orders for the last twenty minutes without looking up from the paper, stopped.

“I thought you were always keeping the witch.”

“Yes.” I waved away. “But now I’m keeping her in a different way.”

Lagus cleared his throat. “So you won’t be torturing her anymore.”

Not that I really tortured her to begin with. Lagus knew well.

“I want two guards stationed outside my room,” I told him. “They won’t be there to spy. Just to keep her safe.”

“Talking about keeping her safe.” Lagus put the paper behind his back. “Her father has been seen with Cassandra.”

Witches always stuck together, that wasn’t news but I wasn’t comfortable with that particular combination. Cassandra was ambitious, jealous of the power her family never had and the same could be said about Adrian. Knowing they were lurking outside my gates? I didn’t like that.

“I need a close eye on them. Send them over the river.”

Lagus cleaned his throat. “The witches don’t like anyone in their territory.”

I waved it off. The underworld was complicated. Full of rules made by ancient beings, but I didn’t need permission. I wanted them as far away from Pilar. It was my own fault Adrian knew she was here in the first place. At the time it seemed like a good idea, but now my chest tightened whenever I thought about that decision.

“How’s the Brumas situation?” I lowered my voice.

“They aren’t in the underworld, my lord.”

My head cast down and I took a breath. “Brumas can’t leave the underworld. They are tethered to me,” I roared.

“We need to know how they managed to detach themselves from you, my lord.”

I pinched the bridge of my nose. “Most importantly we need them back.”

“We can send an informant to the other gods,” he suggested.

I growled and he stepped back. I didn’t need the other gods knowing I had a problem. We kept ourselves from each other and rarely talked. Caring, loving, or helpful… we were not.

The immortal gods were flawed, powerful, and envious. We plotted against one another even though we were all linked to our territory.

Typhon got involved with them once and now he was stuck in the past watching a volcano like a mortal for the rest of his days.

So…

I had to keep them from finding out. Which meant I needed to get my Brumas back before anyone else could.

“We need to send someone outside without alerting the rest,” I said.

“All souls from the underworld can be easily identified,” Lagus informed me unnecessarily. “They carry the mark and the scent.”

“If we can’t send someone out, we need to find them from here. Either way—”

The doors opened with a flourish and my wife stepped in, a long black dress trailing behind her on my marble floors, her chin up, daring.

“That’s it for now, Lagus.” I waved him away without taking my eyes off her.

“Of course.” He bowed to me and Pilar.

Once he left, she frowned. “You didn’t need to send him away.”

“My court has already seen too much of you.

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