Throne of Fire by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.

Ahava forms around me with its sparkling blue waters stretching in all directions. The original pattern for the Falls of Virtue sits in the distance to my right, and the four miraculous beings that rule destiny’s roost are seated on translucent thrones in the middle of the lake. The two Sectors that look like Dudley pin me with a hard stare—and the sight of them turns my stomach. I pray that the bullshit Wes uttered was way off. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s gotten his facts wrong. The one-eyed dude on the end with the long black hair would be Rothello of the Soullennium. He’s the one who officiated the start of the Faction War in Skyla’s honor. And the breathtaking woman in the middle would be the exact physical representation of my wife—her mother.

“Candace,” I say, stepping over the water as if it were glass and speeding my way in her direction. I’m not fooling myself into thinking I might actually be welcomed here. In fact, I know I’m not. I know she’s probably pissed I barged in, and, truthfully, I’m a bit surprised there’s no protective hedge over the entire realm just to keep me the hell out.

The three gentlemen surrounding her rise to their feet with chests barreled out as if ready and willing to fight to the death to protect her. But we all know that at the end of the day death is a farce—unless, of course, you’re a created being who might just get cast into outer darkness. Death and hell seem interchangeable at this point.

Candace is the last to rise. Her cold, steely eyes remain trained on mine as I close the gap between us.

“Gage Oliver,” she says my name with a frown. It’s the only way I’ve ever seen her say it, so it doesn’t surprise me. “What’s yanking your Celestial chain, now?” She tips her head back with an insolent look on her beautiful face. I have never seen Skyla look at me quite that way. I’m familiar with all of Skyla’s expressions, at least the ones she reserves for me, but that look of sheer loathing mixed with boredom feels worse than a knife to the gut.

“Now? Have I shredded up my welcome mat so soon in the game?”

Her jaw realigns as her lips harden. “What you see as a game, others see as life.”

“Or death, and the latter is exactly what I want to speak to you about.”

The water beneath my feet pulses up and down as a steady stream of waves bounces beneath us. It feels as if I’m standing on a boat and not at all as if my body were able to plunge into the icy depths below at a moment’s notice. But I have faith that I’m not going anywhere. That’s what faith will do. It will hold you up when everything around you screams you should be sinking to the bottom. I’m not sinking, and I’m not going to hell.

Candace steps forward as her lips curl up at the sides.

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