Tempting Ecstasy (The Guardians of the Realms Book 4)
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Table of Contents
Copyright:
Disclaimer:
Contributors:
Dedication:
Acknowledgements:
Glossary of Terms and Characters:
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
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Disclaimer:
This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. The characters and places are products of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
Warning: This book is intended for an adult audience. It contains explicit sex; voyeurism; dirty talking males with bad language
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Dedication:
This novel is dedicated to my Aunt Steph. Thank you for sharing your love of storytelling and encouraging me to write. I can’t thank you enough for supporting my dream. Oh, and a big thank you for not reading beyond the glossary. I love you!
Acknowledgements:
Thank you to all the Book Bloggers who have given me immeasurable support and guidance. I adore you all! You provide such an amazing service to both readers and writers and I can’t put into words how much I truly appreciate you.
As always, a huge thank you to my bestie, Lindy. LOL. Thanks for always jumping into the craziness with me. I don’t know what I’d do without you. Your friendship keeps me sane and your edits and critique make the stories so much better.
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Glossary of Terms and Characters:
Adras – Hippeus (half warhorse), Immortal warrior in charge of the city of Lofodes, mated to Ava, father of Alyssa
Ailouros – Immortal race of half felines, known as the warrior class, strong and fast
Akanthodis – Hell creature with spines all over its body and four eyes
Aletheia – Immortal race with enhanced mental abilities and power within their fluids, can take blood memories, strong telepathy
Alex – AKA Alexandra, Demi-Goddess daughter of Athena, sister to Vane and Erik, mate to Uri
Alyssa – Hippeus (half warhorse), Daughter of Adras and Ava, mate to Gregoire
Aphrodite – Sleeping Goddess, one of the three good Deities, mother to Drake
Apollo – Sleeping God that experimented with the Immortal races, adding animal DNA to most in order to create the perfect army against his siblings
Ares – Sleeping God and father of the Tria
Artemis – Sleeping Goddess and mother of the Tria
Athena – Sleeping Goddess – One of only three Gods that were good and didn’t feed off dark energies and become mad, mother of Alex, Vane and Erik, mate to Niall
Bastian – Kairos (teleporter), Guardian of the Realms, diplomat for the Guardians within Tetartos Realm
Brianne – Geraki (half ancient bird of prey), Guardian of the Realms
Charybdis – Immortal abused by Poseidon and then sold and experimented on in Apollo’s labs, she gave a portion of her life force to create the mating spell, aka mating curse, so that no Immortal could breed with any other than their destined mate.
Conn – Lykos (half wolf), Guardian of the Realms
Creators – The two almighty beings that birthed the Gods, created the Immortals and planted the seeds of humanity
Cynthia – Mageia on Earth Realm working with Elizabeth and Kane
Cyril – Demi-God son of Apollo, Siren/healer, bad guy
Dacia – Lykos
Delia – Mageia, power over fire, worked for Rain, abducted and experimented on by Cyril
Demeter – Sleeping Goddess
Dorian – Nereid, Guardian of the Realms, mated to Rain
Drake – AKA Draken, Demi-God Dragon, leader of the Guardians of the Realms, son of Aphrodite and her Immortal Dragon mate Ladon
Efcharistisi – City in Tetartos Realm
Elizabeth – Aletheia - evil
Emfanisi – Yearly, week-long event where Immortals and Mageia of age go to find mates
Erik – Demi-God son of Athena, Ailouros (half-lion), Vane’s twin, Alex’s younger brother, mated to Sam
Geraki – Immortal race of half bird of prey, power with air
Gregoire – Hippeus (half warhorse), Guardian of the Realms, mate to Alyssa
Gunn – Dacia’ brother, Lykos
Hades – Sleeping God – One of the three good Gods, father to P (Pothos)
Hagen – Lykos, Dacia’s eldest brother
Havoc – Uri and Alex’s pet hellhound
Healers – AKA Sirens Immortal race, power over the body, ability with their voices
Hellhounds – Black hounds blood bonded to the Tria in Hell Realm
Hephaistos – Sleeping God
Hera – Sleeping Goddess
Hermes – Sleeping God and Apollo’s partner in the experimentation and breeding of Immortals for their army
Hippeus – Immortal race of half warhorses, power over earth
Isa – Dacia’s eldest sister, Lykos
Jax – AKA Ajax, Ailouros (half tiger), Guardian of the Realms
Kairos – Immortal race whose primary power is teleportation
Ladon – Immortal Dragon, mate to Aphrodite, father of Drake
Limni – City in Tetartos Realm
Lofodes – City in Tetartos Realm
Lykos – Immortal half wolf with power of telekinesis
Mageia – Evolved humans, mortals compatible to be an Immortal’s mate, have abilities with one of the four elements; air, fire, water, or earth.
Mates – Each Immortal has a rare and destined mate, their powers meld and they become stronger pairs that are able to procreate, usually after a decade.
Mating Curse – A spell cast in Apollo’s Immortal breeding labs that ensured the God wouldn’t be able to use them to continue creating his army. Charybdis cast the spell using a portion of her life force and now Immortals can only procreate with their destined mates.
Mating Fre
nzy – Starts when an Immortal comes into contact with their destined mate, sexual frenzy that continues through to the bonding/mating ceremonies.
Mia – Dacia’s sister, Lykos
Nereid – Immortal race of mercreatures, power over water
Niall – Immortal mate to Athena, father of Alexandra, Vane and Erik, experimented on in Apollo’s lab and turned into an Ailouros
Ofioeidis – Huge serpent hell beasts, hardest to kill out of all the hell creatures
Ophiotaurus – Hell beast with the head of a bull and tail of a snake
Ouranos – City in Tetartos Realm
P – AKA Pothos, Guardian of the Realms, Son of Hades, second to Drake in power
Paradeisos – Island pleasure resort in Tetartos Realm, owned by Tynan
Phoenix – Immortal race with ability over fire
Poseidon – Sleeping God
Rain – Mageia, destined mate to Dorian, best friend of Alyssa, mate to Dorian
Realms – Four Realms of Earth; Earth - where humanity exists, Heaven - where good and neutral souls go to be reincarnated, Hell - where the Tria were banished and evil souls are sent, Tetartos – Realm of beasts – where the Immortals were exiled by the Creators
Reve – Kairos, Elizabeth’s second in command
Sacha – Kairos (teleporter), Guardian of the Realms, diplomat for the Guardians within Tetartos Realm
Sam – AKA Samantha Palmer, mated to Erik, power over metal, Mageia/Ailouros
Sander – Phoenix, Guardian of the Realms
Sirena – Siren (healer), Guardian of the Realms, primarily works to find mates for Immortals in Tetartos
Tetartos Realm – The Immortal exile Realm
Thalassa – City in Tetartos Realm, where the Lykos clans live
Tria – Evil Triplets spawned from incestuous coupling of Ares and Artemis; Deimos, Phobos and Than
Tsouximo – Hell beast resembling a giant scorpion
Tynan – Aletheia, owner of Paradeisos Island
Uri – AKA Urian, Aletheia, interrogator, Guardian of the Realms, mate to Alex
Vane – Demi-God son of Athena, Ailouros (half-lion), Erik’s twin, Alex’s younger brother
Zeus – Sleeping God
Zoe – Dacia’s sister, Lykos
Prologue
Hades’ Palace, Earth Realm – Many Millennia Ago
Conn’s cock swelled further as Kepe pushed back for each furious thrust, keening for more. They didn’t have much time, but both needed release. He’d gone too long and was feeling the effect in his energy level, and now was not the time to be less than prime. His weapons and gear were piled in the corner of the balcony, waiting.
He inhaled the sea breeze mixed with the scent of their coupling.
“More. Please,” she whimpered, and he gladly worked his shaft hard and fast into her slick channel. Her flowing white gown was hiked up around her waist revealing smooth pale skin for him to grip. Her keening cries echoed down to the courtyard below as he buried himself all the way to the root only to pull out and slam back in. His fingers were leaving marks on her perfect Immortal skin, marks that would disappear quickly enough. He used his mental abilities to untie the silk at the top of her dress, not wanting to move his fingers from the succulent flesh of her hips. Her breasts spilled free of the fabric, and she issued another greedy noise. She’d always loved being on display. The balcony of the palace was as far as they’d made it after meeting in the hall. She’d been more than ready for him, her duties likely keeping her from her needs as well.
The palace was readying for a war they would never truly be prepared for.
Her hands gripped the railing, in full view of the lighted courtyard below. Warriors already looked up at the sound of her throaty cries. Kepe’s dark hair flowed in front of her as she pushed back to meet his punishing thrusts. He kept hammering hard into her heat, groaning at the pleasure of her tightening walls pulling him in.
“Give me your hair,” he ordered, and she moaned as she quickly gathered and held it back to him. The warriors admired the view of her heavy breasts through the curved rails. They wouldn’t see all of her, but the idea of him taking her in full view heightened their arousal, something neither needed at the moment. He wrapped her hair around one fist and arched her neck back. Incoherent sounds of need slipped from her lips. He was beyond hearing her, he knew what she needed, and he was dragging it out for as long as he could.
His muscles tightened, and he was glad for the height of the low table she was kneeling on. It made for an ease and leverage he was grateful for. Her legs were spread wide, her back arched prettily as she offered him everything. Her wet folds glistened, more than eager for every brutal thrust. He gripped her hair harder and slammed deep on a near growl. The sound of slick flesh colliding were drowned out by their harsh breaths and deep groans. He knew the Immortals below scented the musky heat, were likely already searching for their own pleasure because of it. Their senses were stronger than the mortals that fought in the ranks with them.
Within minutes Kepe was coming hard, throbbing around him. Her screams filled the night air as her channel milked him. He tightened his hold in her silky hair as her hips bucked and finally subsided. His jaw muscles twitched along with his cock as he waited for her climax to ride out. He gave a few more wet pumps into the added slickness, enjoying the feel of it coating his shaft before pulling out. She made a small noise of protest that brought a tight grin to his lips. He still needed to come, but wanted more of her. He easily flipped her around so that she faced him. With a wicked grin he said, “My turn,” and nipped at her full bottom lip. Her emerald eyes glittered in the moonlight. They had a friendship of sorts, slaking their needs whenever they chose.
He pulled her lips up to his and delved his tongue in to play along hers, enjoying the heat and excitement rolling off her in waves. Her hands trailed down his muscled arms and chest, a feathery touch that ended on his hard length and her tight nipples pushing against his chest with each labored breath. He played his tongue over hers and plunged deep as he tugged her hair, knowing she liked a bite of pain. She moaned into his mouth, and he broke the kiss and grinned knowingly. “Suck your juices off my shaft.” He needed only light pressure to guide her head down, and she moaned again as her hot mouth closed around him. His stomach muscles clenched as she made good use of her talented lips and tongue. He used his power to lift her skirts back over her hips and knew the night air would caress her wet entrance.
“They can see your well-used folds swollen and glistening with cream. Shall I call one of them up here to make use of it?”
She moaned deep around him, and his head fell back loving the vibrations that ran his length.
“Or would you like me to flip you around and take your small back hole while I hold your legs splayed wide open for the first warrior that arrives? Offer them your hot passage while I’m buried all the way in the back.”
Her suckling grew frenzied. He’d need to make good on that particular enticement or she’d be angry. Neither had claims to the other, both enjoyed and needed just what they were taking. Immortals required release as much as they did the world’s energies to survive; it was their food, fuel. Something he hadn’t been taking care of.
His priority had been training Hades’ army. That, and dealing in a much more dangerous game. He couldn’t believe the arrogant God thought he’d win a battle with only himself and mostly mortal warriors against the legions his brother and sister Gods were amassing. There were only a handful of Immortals left that Apollo had not taken from them. Arrogant didn’t begin to describe it.
Hades counted on Conn to keep the ranks from falling, knowing that fear and worry defeated a warrior before a final blow was ever dealt, and that Conn had a particular skill at calming those around him. He’d trained them as well as he could, and kept them from seeing it was all futile if they truly went to war. He clenched his jaw and shook off those thoughts.
He focused back on Kepe as he pulsed in her w
arm mouth. “That’s it. If you please me well, I’ll make sure you’re stuffed full. Would you like to reward my warriors’ service by giving them all that heat and warmth to slide into?”
She sucked harder, and he chuckled at her exuberance. Oh, yes, he would give her a reward. A few more hard pulls and his seed jetted down her throat. He gripped her hair as she sucked down his release and licked gently at the underside of his shaft. Her breathing was erratic, her hips undulating in the air. The scent of her wet and wanting filled the space.
He knew the moment Hades stepped onto the balcony with them.
Kepe’s reward would have to wait unless the God decided to partake. It wouldn’t be out of character. Conn turned his head to Hades, who had about six inches on Conn’s six-foot-six-inch height. He was heavily muscled and wore only black silk pants, leaving his wide chest on display as usual. His unique midnight wings were retracted, and his bright otherworldly blue eyes sparked with interest as he watched Kepe cleaning off the last of Conn’s seed.
Of all the Gods, Hades was one of only three who hadn’t succumbed to the demented madness the others had. He may be arrogant and selfish, but he wasn’t evil. He likely thought he was warrior enough to best his siblings, but that was not a gamble Conn hoped they would be forced to make. A war was coming if something wasn’t done, soon.
“Have you seen Pothos?” Hades’ voice itself held power, and he nodded at Kepe to come to him. She moaned as she moved off the table and slid to her knees in front of the God. Conn decided how to answer; he was in a deadly game he didn’t enjoy, but knew was necessary.
“I saw him not long ago, down in the courtyard.”
Hades cocked a brow. He was a God, but not omnipotent; he wouldn’t know that Conn lied unless he acted guilty. Pothos was even now searching for the box that would call back the Creators to stop the Gods before they destroyed every last being in all four Realms. Hades and his sisters Athena and Aphrodite would not be able to hold off the others, no matter what they thought. The nine other Deities were amassing too much power with every breath of darkness they fed from. They were taking in the energies of death and sacrifice instead of the world’s earthly energies, and then falling to the madness that came with it. Already Ares and Artemis’ demon-spawn children had created mass destruction and death in the world, and Apollo and Hermes were working together, abducting and experimenting on Immortals to fill their own army.