Tenelle: Children of the Gods Book 2

by Patricia Halladay

  “Shh, come on let’s get you out of here.” A guy says and I nod. I then see Zed and he closes the window from inside and winks at me.

  Chapter 8

  ~ Zed ~ Geo ~ Zed ~

  When I saw DM grab Tenelle before her feet hit the ground I knew she was safe. I have been watching over her for two weeks now and every time Trin or Mary-Anne did something to her, I went at them. Although, I am not able to hurt them in their dreams and have it manifest in the physical realm too like Tenelle can. That was fucking epic, to see my goddess beat the living fuck out of that little bitch. Nothing Geo, Jade, dad, or I could do can ever compare to what Tenelle was able to do. We have all felt the power shift, and my dad was right when he said he knew where one of the children of the gods were. He made Jade and I promise to protect Tenelle with our lives. There have been a few problems, but there is nothing that I wouldn’t give my life for to protect Tenelle from. My clan has even taken this promise to heart and have all taken an oath to do the same, I am truly honored to be their leader. Now that I can feel Tenelle is out of harm’s way safely, I can continue to torment Mary-Anne.

  “Well Mary-Anne, where were we when you decided to attack my goddess?” I ask walking over to a broken woman sitting on the floor in what looks like a funhouse glass maze.

  “Please no! I am sorry!” She cries as I move a strand of her hair out of her face.

  “Now you know I can’t walk away. One because I was ordered with this task because of what you have done to a very sweet and innocent little boy, but also because you have attacked my goddess. Now that just won’t do Mary-Anne, the only way this isn’t going to end badly for you is if you start talking about why you want Tenelle.” I tell her seeing her fear grow as I know Geo, Mic and Thor have come in behind me.

  “We don’t have long, Trin is going to go frantic and try to wake her up. He might come in soon.” Thor says looking pissed he won’t get to hurt her.

  “No worries. If he heals her from what Tenelle did, she will be passed out for a day at least. All these injuries Tenelle inflicted here in the dream realm, manifested on Mary-Anne’s body in the physical realm. She isn’t doing too well, and I think there is a great deal of infection starting to occur in the other wounds Tenelle did.” I say just as we hear a roar. Trin has come in the bedroom and found Tenelle gone. The four of us shift out into the shadows and watch as Trin starts to wake Mary-Anne up. Her eye is black, I didn’t notice that before it must have been from when Tenelle hit her before shifting out.

  Trin starts to work right away on Mary-Anne, using his dragon blood to heal her. Even with doing it right, he may be too late because of the infection she has. I watch

  as her leg goes back into a proper position, her arm heals, and the black eye is now a yellowish color. Mary-Anne starts to tell him what happened and the look on Trin’s face is of evil pride and ownership. Almost like he plans on claiming Tenelle, too bad he will have a hard time doing it.

  “Trin what are we going to do, I have no magic left and your dragon is not staying very long when you shift into it, we need more help.” Mary-Anne says looking weaker than she did moments ago.

  “Get some rest, I need to go to the other den and check on Ella. That little bitch is being just as much of a problem as Enox, and Daxton were. I am so glad I killed Mitchel, now the two of them can’t be joined as one to become the Solar Celestial Guard. He was our biggest problem, and now with him gone, everything should be easier.” Trin says causing my Beta, Gamma, General and myself to share a questioning look. He walks out and I see Mary-Anne take pain medication and a drink of water.

  “Mic, Thor, you two stay here and torment the hell out of that bitch! Tenelle had new bruises when she left, and Mary-Anne was the one to give them to her. Geo and I will follow that fucker and see what we can get. We may be able to help this Ella as well, especially if he is hurting her. Meet back at my place at dawn, have fun guys and make her scream.” I tell them. Both Mic and Thor have evil smiles going from ear to ear, they enjoy their work. Geo and I follow Trin out, and into the woods behind his house.

  We walk for what seems to be a good 20 minutes before we come to a utility shed for Bell phone systems or a radio tower. Geo and I hang back watching as Trin unlocks it with a code and then enters. We run to catch the door before it closes, one of us slips in to let it give him the impression the door closed. When he doesn’t come back to check Geo opens it again allowing me to come inside and close the door quietly. We notice cameras all along the tunnel, but the lights are absolutely shit, so we shift up into the shadows along the ceiling.

  “Did you know that he could have a second den?” Geo asks as we walk a safe distance not to lose our target.

  “Dragon’s usually only have one den, and it’s huge. The tunnels under Trin’s house says that is his primary den. He must share this one with another dragon, probably a weaker one at that.” I answer him. We stop moving as Trin walks through an archway, when we look into the large cavern there is a bed and more medical tools all over.

  “Zed look!” Geo whispers and points to a gargoyle laying on a bed. She isn’t moving much and Trin looks to be worried. He looks at the young woman, and when he touches her, she pulls away from him.

  “Don’t touch me! You’re a monster! I hate you!” She screams.

  “Ella, please I need your help. They have taken my mate away from me, I need to know how to get her back. Please Ella?” Trin pleads, but I can see the girl isn’t buying his bullshit.

  “Well if you hadn’t rejected your mate to gain the power of Polaris and Chaos, then you would have her. You’re the asshole who rejected her and tried to kill a goddess twice!” Ella seethes at Trin, causing him to hit her. Geo growls beside me, and I have to grab his arm to keep him from moving over to the young gargoyle.

  “Zed she is my mate, I can feel it!” He tells me with worry that she’s going to die in front of him.

  “Ok, let’s see what we can get from him and her. She’s important, and I don’t mean just as your mate. I get the same vibe from her as I do from Tenelle. Can you feel the energy she is putting off?” I ask Geo and his eyes go huge.

  “It’s the same as both Tenelle and Nimara. You don’t think she is a goddess do you? One of the seven children?” He asks with even more concern coming out in his voice. I nod so that we don’t draw attention to us. I see Trin lay down beside the gargoyle and she starts to fight.

  “Go to her and I will get him!” I tell Geo and he looks more than willing. We jump down from the ceiling and as we land on the floor beside the bed, Trin’s eyes go huge with fear. I give him a purely evil smile and shift into his head. I know he has gotten off the bed to keep me out but it’s no use.

  “How the fuck did you get in here?” Trin screams at me. I move slow and calculated, it’s all part of the psychological torture.

  “You aren’t as stealthy walking through the shadows as you thought, and I was in your house causing Mary-Anne more pain for hurting Tenelle. Although, Tenelle now has the strength and ability to inflict harm to your physical body when in your dreams, there is a reason she is my goddess. She’s strong, loving, smart, compassionate, fierce, and yet gentle as well. You really did fuck up on getting her mate to reject her.” I say continuing to walk slowly towards him.

  “Then that is where you have no fucking clue! Mary-Anne is my true mate! We used Hayden’s magic to make Tenelle think I was her mate and rejected her!” Trin says thinking he has the upper hand.

  “Really, then it doesn’t matter since Mitchel and Daxton have been reconnected and claimed his powers as the Solar Celestial Guard! I imagine DM is claiming his beautiful mate as we speak! Along with Enox, Nazareth and Levi!” I say, causing Trin to have a look of horror on his face.

  “That’s impossible, I killed Mitchel. There is no way.” Trin whimpers in disbelief.

  “Oh it is the truth since I led him to your den and helped him get Tenelle out. He took her home, where she is safe. Now as for you and what you hav
e done to Ella. That is going to be a whole other story. I think Geo wants the privilege of causing severe mental trauma to you.” I say and see even more panic set into his eyes.

  “Get the fuck out of my head! You fucked up excuse for a frog!” Trin growls at me, causing me to laugh.

  “I’m technically a gremlin, kind of the same lines as a goblin, but we tend to be a bit more depraved when it comes to causing pain and torture. We enjoy it and keep our toys alive so we can enjoy month, years and in some cases, centuries of fun torturing you. Hades likes having us help because some souls just don’t deserve anything he can do. So he lets us have them, I think you are on that list for hurting his niece.” I say within feet of the dragon, when there is a pop, and I am sent back out into the den and Trin has completely disappeared.

  “Where the fuck did that garbage go?” I say looking at Geo.

  “He started going crazy out here and started to hurt Ella. She sent him to god knows where before she passed out.” Geo says.

  “Ok you shift into her dreams, see if you can help her with anything. I will guard you while you’re in there.” I tell Geo. He nods in response and shift in gently. When we enter a fragile mind we are trying to help, we tend to become extremely gentle, something many wouldn’t think us capable of.

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  “What the hell, how did you do that?” Ella asks me and I try not to scare her.

  “My name is Geo; I am a Shadow walker. We are like the dream protectors, but we deal with evil instead. So nightmares basically, and the main people we go after are those who hurt innocent people and children.” I say and she looks to have calmed down.

  “Then why are you in my dreams? I haven’t hurt anyone, have I?” Ella asks looking scared again.

  “Oh no, I am here because your nightmares are not caused by us. So it is my job to help you change it and get rid of it. We help those affected by things people have done to hurt them too. Like I am here to help you beat the nightmares caused by the hurt and pain that Trin has done to you.” I tell her, she has a look of hope in her eyes.

  “Now are you able to do that because it’s your purpose or because you’re my mate?” Ella asks catching me completely off guard.

  “You can feel it too? I wouldn’t think you could because of being so young.” I say honestly causing her to laugh. Her voice and laughter is music to my ears, I have never heard anything so beautiful before and could listen to it for the rest of my life.

  “I was 18 on October 13, I just look young because of being an earth gargoyle.” Ella says.

  “What do you mean by earth gargoyle, isn’t there just one kind of gargoyle? You know, greyish green with giant wings or built like a bulldozer.” I ask causing her to laugh at me.

  “Those are the children of stone! There is also the children of water, and fire too. We each look different, but the god Hephaestus is our father. No matter which element we are born under. We are like guards or protectors; we try to help keep a balance for the different supernatural races.” Ella says laughing at my surprise.

  “So it’s like fairies and dragons then. Each have a purpose and subspecies so to speak.” I say thinking of others that have this kind of variance in a species.

  “Yes that’s right. Stone gargoyles are a greyish green color, then they either have wings or fliers as they are called and then there are the ones without wing, grounders. It is the same for us too, but we are a crimson red color or red clay color, and we have grounders and fliers too.” Ella says, even though we are in Trin’s den, I am taking this as a good sign that she hasn’t given up.

  “Ok, that’s good to know. I am sure there’s a lot to learn, but right now what I need to know is why does Trin have you and where is your clan? I know the Royal Gargoyle family moved to Maple Mountain in Ontario with Queen Emily’s mate, an earth dragon by the name of Jax.” I say and her face lights up more.

  “They are with an earth dragon? That’s amazing! I am so glad for Emmie, her dad was a major ass, but she’s so sweet. My clan was one of the ones that moved to Ontario, I stayed behind to close up all the storage dens. They can be dangerous when we leave, so we close them up, so no one gets hurt. This actually was the last one to be closed up, but I got ambushed by that slim ball dragon. There was a human and a female that looks similar to you, but she is blue instead of green with him as well. I haven’t seen the blue one or the human in a while though.” Ella says.

  “So one of ours is helping Trin. Zed is going to be furious! Wait you said she was blue? That’s Cleo and she’s a Celestial Guide, that’s why she is blue. Fuck Nyx is going to be pissed too, and she’s one goddess I would not want to piss off. She’s scarier than Hades!” I say looking scared at the thought of Nyx dealing with a guide going rogue.

  “Is Zed the other guy with you? The one with the white mohawk?” Ella asks.

  “Yea, he’s the clan leader. So all Shadow walkers answer to him. I am his Beta, and then there is Mic, he is the Gamma and finally Thor, our General. Yes his name is Thor for the reason he is huge compared to the rest of us and built like a tank.” I say causing Ella to smile at the thought of seeing a jacked up gremlin.

  “So you probably get asked this a lot, but do you really give birth by getting wet?” Ella asks with a smile.

  “What?? Oh god no! You watched that stupid gremlins movie didn’t you? It was the worst movie ever! But honestly Zed looks like the one they call Spike on that movie, so I can see why you would ask. Just don’t tell him that or you will get a tickle attack. He just punches the rest of us, he is nicer to girls then he is to us guys.” I say laughing remembering Enox telling him that the first time we met him on his travels. Ella giggles at my reaction; I honestly could stay here forever making this beautiful gargoyle smile. I notice she is looking at me scared, that is when I realize it must be getting close to dawn, because I am fading out of her dreams.

  “Ok, if you can wake up. I’m not going to leave you if I can. I just can’t stay in your dreams anymore. It’s getting close to dawn and that’s the agreement our goddess has with Apollo. See you soon beautiful.” I tell Ella and give her a quick kiss, causing her to go even more red then her gargoyle skin already is. When I shift out, Zed is pacing, both Mic and Thor are here also.

  “So what were you able to get from the young gargoyle?” Thor asks looking just as worried as I was seeing Trin harm her.

  “Her name is Ella; her clan moved west with Queen Emily. She was given the duty of closing up their storage dens when Trin, Mary-Anne and another Celestial Guide, Cleo to be specific attacked her. This is the last storage den to be closed up. We need to let the Council of the Gods know, and we need to get a hold of either Nimara or Queen Emily to find Ella’s clan specifically. Oh and she has seen the movie Gremlins!” I say looking at Zed, who has a horrid look on his face. It causes a round of laughter, including the sound of a sweet giggle. I turn immediately to see Ella is awake.

  “You were right, he does look like Spike!” Ella says.

  “Ouch! Fuck man give me a break, you’re the dumbass that gave the creator of the movie nightmares not me!” I say rubbing my shoulder.

  “It’s nice to meet you Ella, I am Zed, but I am sure Geo already told you who I am. This is …” Ella cuts Zed’s introductions off.

  “You must be Thor; you are a bulldozer on steroids! Damn you’re huge! You must be Mic right?” Ella says shaking hands with Zed and Mic. Thor has a look of peace on his face, which is something new. He usually looks like he is going to kill everything.

  “So I take it, I lose both my Beta and my General when Ella leaves to go to Ontario. Wow you two are leaving big shoes to fill.” Zed says causing all of us to look at him.

  “Why would you lose them? Could we not stay here? I can join one of the new clans that moved in to stay. Although moving somewhere new sounds like an adventure too.” Ella says with her index finger pressed over her lips.

  “Right now, we need to figure out ho
w to get you out of here and close this den up like you’re supposed to. Any ideas Zed?” Mic asks.

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  “No, unfortunately not. I don’t want to leave her here either. Who knows what they would do to her.” I say looking at Thor and Geo. I would leave both of them here to safeguard her, but we don’t have the ability when it’s daytime, and I will need Geo too.

  “How about Mic and I stay, that way you and Geo can go help take care of that fucking dragon. He is causing a lot of problems for our goddess also.” Thor says looking at Geo and me.

  “That works and do whatever you need too to keep her safe. Ok we need to go, Jade just summoned us there is something wrong, and I am needed at the Great Theater.” I say. As we start to walk out the archway, Geo gets grabbed.

  “Be careful ok?” Ella says almost strangling Geo in a tight hug.

  “I will, we got to go babe. Thor will protect you for both of us! Right man?” Geo asks.

  “Right man, I will protect our little mate with my life. Get back here quick ok?” Thor says and takes Ella back into the room with him. We leave and head quickly to the Great Theater, there are massive clouds making it dark enough that we can move quickly with the shadows. Almost the entire clan is coming too.

  Chapter 9

  ~ Tenelle ~

  We walked for half a block in the dark, the guy who helped me get away from Trin and Mary-Anne keeps using magic to turn the streetlights off. It’s when we get to Mitchel’s house and I stop. Why is he bringing me here? Did I fall for a different trap? The guy doesn’t give me time to ask questions or refuse. He picks me up bridal and carries me over the threshold. When he sets me down and closes the door, the room shifts, and I am back in Limestone Cliff Coven house.

  “Holy fuck I am so glad you are safe!” Scarlet says wrapping me in a blanket and a hug.