Gods and Demons by Melissa Sercia

Author:Melissa Sercia [Sercia, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949090048
Publisher: City Owl Press
Published: 2018-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

The journey back to the Hall was tense. After dropping Nadia off in Romania, the four of us kept to ourselves until we docked in the Sea of Magia.

Aldric spun on me. “Why did you kill Iris?”

I took a deep breath and clenched my fists. “I don’t have to explain myself to you, but those Harpies cannot be trusted. She manipulated you.”

Dragos snickered. “He’s easily manipulated. First by Jezebel, and then by Iris. I can only imagine what he’ll do when Cerberus starts whispering sweet nothings in his ear.”

Aldric fumed. “That’s not likely. Jezebel did not manipulate me, she put a spell on me. You know that, Gray. Maybe if I had your blood too, then that wouldn’t have happened. But Dragos was the only one lucky enough to get that privilege.”

My cheeks burned. “He was dying when I gave him my blood. You were there, remember? I don’t want to hear any more about your precious Iris. I did what I had to do. She would have tortured Nadia.”

Valentina grunted and charged up, her side fully healed. “And her deranged sister tried to kill me. No one said this life would be easy, Aldric. You’ve known that since the moment you saw Gray and I drink from that bastard in your apartment. After everything she’s risked for you, don’t look so shocked.”

Dragos chuckled. “Speaking of blood, I’m guessing you’re in need of some, Bannister. You are looking like you might pass out and I’m fresh out of smelling salts.” He flashed him a wicked grin.

Aldric clenched his jaw and glared daggers at Dragos. The thought of him drinking blood again made my heart sink. It was just another reminder that he didn’t want to be linked to me anymore.

The Keeper raised a curious eyebrow at the sight of us stomping into the Hall. “Do I dare ask?”

I rolled my eyes and took off toward the study. “Aldric needs a blood bag.” I couldn’t hide the bitterness in my voice.

Once they were all seated, I poured myself a glass of whiskey and paced around the room. Their eyes followed me, a thousand questions between them.

I took a deep breath. “I’ll get right to the point. If we don’t succeed in stopping Cerberus, the gods will destroy us all. They will attempt to help us, but if Chaos thinks we will lose, he will burn our world to the ground and everyone in it.” I left out the part of him offering me a place by his side. The rivalry between Aldric and Dragos was bad enough. I didn’t need them competing for my attention with Chaos as well.

The Keeper’s mouth gaped open. “I was unaware of that part of the Hades Protocol. We will have to make sure you succeed, then.”

I nodded. “If we all work together, we will have a fighting chance. Which means that first we need to sniff out the traitor.”

Valentina sprang to her feet. “I have an idea. We split up and give each suspect a different location.

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