I choke back my anger, but my anger turns my vision red.
Suddenly, there's a cold hand on my arm, and I follow it down to it's owner and leap back. The dead don't move, and yet my father is the one who grabbed me, his eyes looking at me with respect.
"All hail Hades, now Nicole Neron, lady of the Underworld." comes my dad's voice, but there's no emotion in it.
I step back, and that's when the memories come. That's when it all started. Or ended, in the case of my childhood innocence.
Mercifully, I passed out soon after, but not before I heard my mother hiss, "I knew you were unnatural." as I collapse.
That was the beginning. The awakening.
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Meet Nicole Anderson, Hades' latest form. As the first of her generation, she has the ability to seek out the other Olympians, who will one by one awaken. However, will she accept the task, or avoid it at all costs?
Marithyda Skyelorn has barely managed to escape Magus Opté with three of the four Magestones in her grasp, and the Empress's army encroaches.
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Reeling from Sabin's betrayal and Rumiya's damning prophecy, Marithyda is determined to realize the full extent of her power and put a stop to the enslavement of her kind - no matter what it takes. However, the kingdom that Marithyda left behind has become all but unrecognizable in her absence. Marithyda and a grief-stricken Queen Taileen Winship must put their rivalry aside to save the land and the people that they love, learning that some forms of powerful magic are hidden for a reason.
(Book Three of the Skyelorn Chronicles trilogy)
Content and/or Trigger Warning: Some scenes contain violence and references to self-harm that may upset sensitive readers
[[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]]