Lords of the Abyss

Author:Michelle M Pillow [Pillow, Michelle M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781603941150
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing
Published: 2011-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

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Caderyn felt as though Bridget had ripped out his heart and stomped on it. She didn’t want to be married to him. Their marriage was something that couldn’t be taken back. Witnesses had heard her say the words. The king had blessed the union. It was done. Forever or until the unlikelihood of death, it was done. He wasn’t sure what was worse--the fact that she didn’t want to be married to him or the fact that she didn’t want him to make love to her. The last week of his life had been the happiest he could remember in a long time. Granted, his wife had been a little out of her mind and he’d been so drained he could barely walk straight, but she’d wanted him. He wasn’t alone. The eternity didn’t seem so bleak a prospect. He wasn’t alone.

But now, as he looked at her, he knew that wasn’t true. Now, he was more alone than he’d ever been before.

Maybe it was all a lie. Maybe she didn’t want him. Maybe her body had just been feeding off his to survive.

“Maybe I’m a fool for even trying to make this work,” he whispered. But then, with his heart on the line, what else could he really do?

“What?” Bridget looked up at him, walking faster to catch up with his longer stride. They were heading back to the palace. She only agreed to go after he promised to take her to the borderlands with him. Perhaps seeing them for herself, she’d finally accept her fate, her future.

“Nothing.” It wasn’t like the borderlands themselves were dangerous and he did have a house in the country. No, Caderyn was more worried about the journey to the borderlands. For him it was safe. He was Merr. But, there was a small faction that lived within the forest, away from their society, who wouldn’t welcome Bridget to their underwater island.

The Olympians, as they called themselves after the gods of Mt. Olympus, didn’t want the humans brought to Ataran for they looked at the Merr curse as a blessing.

They believed themselves to be gods below the waves, blessed with immortality and power. Before the caves at the palace were sealed, the Olympians had been caught luring humans to their deaths for sick pleasure. It had been a rough time for the Merr people. Loyalties had been divided. Some to this day still blamed the Olympians for the Merr curse lasting so long without reprieve. There were those, who still believed that one day Poseidon would come down and forgive them, lifting them up into the sunlight once more. Caderyn had his doubts, but it was a nice dream. Though, he was luckier than most, as he was a hunter. He was allowed to go up. He had seen the sunlight through the watery surface, had seen the mystical colors of magenta and gold on the waves above him. Still, it wasn’t the same as feeling the warmth of the sun on his face, seeing land and the starry heavens above him as he rode his horse through the wind.

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