Soul Bound (The Moonstone Saga (Book 2)) by Cole Courtney

Author:Cole, Courtney [Cole, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lakehouse Press
Published: 2012-04-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“What?” I stuttered.

I suddenly felt dizzy and faint and sick. The colors around me swirled together and I felt Hades’ hand on my back.

“Breathe,” he instructed me. “Breathe, Empusa. It really isn’t so bad.”

I glanced up at him. The blood had all rushed from my face and I knew I must be as pale as a ghost. My fingertips felt numb. If a goddess could experience physical shock, this must be what it felt like.

“Not so bad?” I repeated. “Isn’t it?”

He shook his head. “No. Why would it be? The man you believed to be your father condemned you to the Underworld in his own stead. I would never do that. By default, I am a better choice.”

I stared at him, my mouth agape.

“You condemned me to the Underworld, too,” I reminded him. “What kind of father does that?”

“A father who wanted you near,” he answered quietly. “I happen to live in the Underworld.”

I ignored the strange look on his face, the vulnerable expression. I didn’t want to feel emotion toward him at all right now. I just wanted answers.

“How long have you known?” I asked. “Has my mother always known or did she believe me to be Mormo’s once?”

“Your mother believed you to be Mormo’s at first. You were born with gray eyes, after all, just like his. But when you were small, still a toddler, she took you outside one night to look at the stars. While you were outside, you grew tired and cranky and began crying. You accidentally turned the moon dark with your distress. Hecate knew right then that you possessed more magic than was possible of a child of Mormo. She and I had been together only one time, but it was enough.”

“She’s known for so long and never told me,” I muttered, as the realization came crashing down around me. “Why? Why didn’t she want me to know?”

“She didn’t want Zeus to know,” Hades clarified. “She thought that Zeus might use it against her at some point. She was right about that. I agreed with her. And it didn’t truly matter to me if you knew who I was or not, to be honest. Being a father is not something that I’ve ever cared about. But now that you are here, in front of me, and I can see how much magic and power you possess, I must admit. It is fascinating to know that I sired that… I sired you.”

“That’s exactly right,” I snapped, yanking away from him and scooting backward on the bed. “You sired me. You haven’t been a father. And I know you, Hades. Your only interest in me now is my magic. You’ve seen that I possess strong abilities and you want to control it, just as Apollo wants to control Brennan.”

“First of all,” Hades began. “You don’t know me. Not truly. No one does. Second, Apollo wants Brennan so that I can’t have him. Apollo, along with a few others, have long since suspected that you were mine.

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