Redeemed: A House of Night Novel

by P. C. Cast

  Next time around, Aurox repeated. Then he looked at me. Now what?

  “Now you stop keeping your Goddess waiting,” I said. “Here, take my hand again.”

  I’m not sure I’m ready, he said.

  I smiled at him. “I’m sure.”

  He took my hand, and I lifted again, imagining that I was tossing him into the sky. The silver light that had been encircling us funneled through me, and with a great push of energy, Aurox shot upward.

  The night sky above us shivered and then parted like an opening curtain to reveal Nyx standing before a beautiful blue lake. Kalona was beside her, smiling down on us. I watched as the Goddess opened her arms to embrace Aurox as if she were a mother welcoming home her beloved son.

  “I finally did the totally right thing!” I said, wiping tears from my cheeks.

  Before the curtain to the Otherworld closed, Nyx’s gaze went to me. The Goddess grinned. She looked younger and happier than I’d ever seen her look. And then, very distinctly, Nyx, Goddess of Night, winked at me.

  ALSO BY P. C. CAST and KRISTIN CAST

  Marked

  Betrayed

  Chosen

  Untamed

  Hunted

  Tempted

  Burned

  Awakened

  Destined

  Hidden

  Revealed

  The Fledgling Handbook 101

  Dragon’s Oath

  Lenobia’s Vow

  Neferet’s Curse

  Kalona’s Fall

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author P. C. CAST is an award-winning fantasy and paranormal writer, as well as an experienced speaker and teacher. Her novels have been awarded YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and have received the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, as well as the PRISM, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers Best, HOLT Medallion, Beacon, Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice, and Affaire de Coeur Awards. She lives in Oklahoma with lots of dogs, cats, horses, and a burro. KRISTIN CAST is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who teams with her mother to write the House of Night series. She has stories in several anthologies, as well as editorial credits. Currently, Kristin is working on her first stand-alone novel.

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.

  REDEEMED. Copyright © 2014 by P. C. and Kristin Cast. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

  ISBN 978-0-312-59444-2 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-4668-5849-7 (e-book)

  e-ISBN 9781466858497

  First Edition: October 2014