Reluctant Gods (The Awakening Book 2) by Keri Armstrong

Author:Keri Armstrong [Armstrong, Keri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Highland Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

We had reached the dining room again when Ammon shouted and caused an avalanche of activity. Sara and I clung to each other now that he’d finally put her down. We were still pretty messed up by what we had seen.

That is, she and I were troubled. Ammon was ecstatic.

“We need to celebrate,” he said as trays were brought in. His servants moved all around us but he never took his eyes off Sara. As decanters were placed on a side table, he leaped to do the honors himself.

He poured three glasses, then paused. “This is just for now, for us. But soon we will have the biggest celebration, to mark this good fortune in the proper way.”

There were so many things happening that I retreated back to the essentials: Breathing, smiling, blinking.

Hard work.

Ammon returned to Sara’s side. “My dearest, I want to give you something, a small present to mark this day. So tell me, what do you desire?”

I was close enough to hear her rapid breath and see the pulse beating at her neck. He had to know how uncomfortable she was.

She glanced at me before she spoke. “For you to not be angry with Phoebe.”

He seemed surprised, then frowned.

My body tensed. Please not another mood swing.

The cloud that covered his sunny smile was blown away quickly.

“My darling, I thought it was clear that I’m not.” He turned that bright smile on me. “I’m forever grateful to you, Phoebe the Shining One, the Protector of my love.”

Sara and I both blinked.

His eyes held softness looked at me. Almost the same softness as when he looked at Sara, but different. “I realize now that you were also prophesied by the Oracle. The protector of Izzara, keeping her safe, bringing her back to me.”

He moved to stand in front of me. “You are the one who gave me life again. Without Izzara, I was only existing, an empty shell. And for that, I will love you forever as a sister.” Again he bowed and kissed my hand, then rose and my cheek as well.

Sara gaped, a hint of betrayal in her eyes as she stared at me. “Are you finally going to tell me what’s happening?”

I opened my mouth but Ammon cut me off.

“The Oracle promised me that my Izzara would return to me, and after many, many lonely millennia, you finally did,” he bowed and kissed Sara’s hand. “But there was more. She also foresaw that you wouldn’t travel alone, but with a protector. Our beloved Phoebe.”

So I was back to being ‘beloved’ again. That might be a silver lining. Perhaps we might still get out of this alive. But with a man so fickle, unstable even, who knew what the future could bring.

“And now the drink,” he beamed, raising his glass. “To my Izzara. Welcome home.”

“Who the heck is Izzara, and what does this have to do with me or Phoebe?” Sara had reached her limit. Her raised voice caused all activity in the room to cease.

I tried to tug at her arm, to signal her to calm down, when Ammon’s face darkened.

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