She lifted her gaze to his. “Did you know Mlukukh has been missing? For more than a month.”
If she’d surprised Salvatorus with her statement about another forgotten Etruscan goddess, he showed no sign of it. “No, I hadn’t heard. But then Mel has dropped off the face of the earth for years, sometimes decades. She’s always returned.”
Tessa shook her head. “I don’t think she will this time. In fact, I’m pretty sure I know what happened to her.”
Salvatorus’s eyelids lifted. “And that is…?”
She took a deep breath before leaving it out on a sigh. “I think Charun had her snatched and taken to Aitás where he consumed her powers and left her shell to rot in the underworld.”
Now Salvatorus’s eyes narrowed. “And you know this how?”
“Because he told me. He told me that’s what he’s going to do to me as well.”
Acknowledgments
To my husband, who never said no when I asked, “Hey, hon, could you come here a sec?”
To my editor Deb, for realizing what was missing.
To Judi, for listening to me think out loud. A lot.
About the Author
Stephanie Julian is the author of What a Goddess Wants and How to Worship a Goddess as well as The Magical Seduction, Lucani Lovers, Darkly Enchanted, and The Fringe series. She is a member of RWA and Valley Forge Romance Writers and is a freelance feature writer for the Reading Eagle newspaper. Stephanie lives in Shillington, Pennsylvania.
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He’s just about the hottest warrior she’s ever seen…
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