Tenelle: Children of the Gods Book 2

by Patricia Halladay

  “Thank you my lord Zeus and it is a pleasure for myself, my mom Sue and our clan, the Solar Celestial Guard to have all of you with us.” I say starting with a positive greeting to the half a million people both inside the Great Theater and outside watching on jumbo screens. “To start and get everyone on the same page, the eternal soul of Chaos, has chosen to end his rest and has died with his star in the heavens. With this there will be many changes to come, the first of those change was with the father of the gods and the titans, Chaos himself no longer being with us.” I pause as the chatter started up again with the mention of Chaos.

  “Quiet! There is going to be a lot of information all of you need to hear.” Nimara voice range out from beside me. I hadn’t realized she has shifted into her lycan, and waves of power are rolling off her to get everyone under control. A hand goes up from the Dark mouth Coven.

  “Yes Peter?” Nimara says with a broad smile at her friend.

  “With Chaos leaving this world for good and letting his soul find ultimate peace, what has happened to his ancient powers? Hopefully, they went with him, so that we are not all in danger again.” Peter say giving Nimara a smile also.

  “Thank you Nimara, and that is a great question Peter. The children of the gods are now gaining their powers and will ascend to the heavens. Along with this, they are gaining new powers and abilities as well. The start of all this change was more than a 150 years ago. With the birth of the first of the new gods, Chaos wished to help bring more power, new blood, and new thinking to help save the many races of the supernatural world. So he started by giving some of his ancient powers to each of the children to be born to a god.” I say looking at Peter. I notice as many others making small comments and asking questions of each other.

  “Do we know who the other children are? You and Nimara have been found, but could the others already know who they are and not want to be found?” Elder Elenora asks.

  “We do not know who they all are, but we will continue to look for them and give our support and guidance as we can. I am not sure of how many of the children the gods had during their time are true born gods. It will take some time to figure it all out.” I say and the chatter starts up again. A loud growl goes out and the theater shakes, effectively silencing everyone. Dusk comes to lay beside me on the stage to make sure everyone stays quiet.

  “Seven.” A goddess says as she rises and comes to me. Dusk is quick to his feet, placing me behind him and bares his teeth at the goddess. “Now young Dusk is that truly any way to speak to your mother?” She asks causing a confused look come across Dusk’s face. An excited yip is heard as Haze comes barreling up on stage and knocks her over licking her face. “Enough Haze, let me speak to your mate. Please my boy, I will spend time with you boys afterwards.” She says between giggles.

  “What is the meaning of this?” Hades roars causing both Haze and Dusk to stand in front of both of us and growl.

  “Lord Hades, I am Leto, Goddess of Motherhood and protector of children. Levi and Nazareth are my children. They were birthed during my time when I was imprisoned, so they never gain the blood of a god. When I was able to return, I asked Morpheus to grant them his protection, and he did so. As to what I was saying earlier, there are seven true god children that were born. None of them know of their birthright, like Nimara and Tenelle, I wanted them protected and not harmed for their family ties, so they were never told.” Leto says and then looks back to me, “I am sorry for interrupting please continue goddess Tenelle.” Both Dusk and Haze are keeping an eye on Hades.

  “Thank you for that information goddess Leto, it is extremely helpful. As for the other reason we are all here. Recently there was a war in the center of the Silver Shadow Blood territory. It was one of my children that attacked, he was a Celestial Guide name Trin Walters. When he found his mate at 19 years old, he had to save her from a dog attack and after that he rejected her. He didn’t understand why he was given a mate that did not balance him. And to be honest, though I am the new goddess of night, neither do I.” I pause as the look of shock and fear is spread throughout the audience, that the mate bond and goddess failed to pick a suitable mate for their children. “Our mates are meant to bring balance to our souls, and sadly his did not. I know that each god and goddess are responsible for creating the mated souls, so why is it that there are so many that are rejecting their given mate and creating a great deal of death and devastation? The Sisters of Fate may have had a small hand in this, but their mistakes have been recognized and fixed by the original Fates. So would someone please explain to me why the problem continues?” I finish saying just to have everyone stare at me with terror.

  “Little Feather, you are putting off some serious waves of power right now. Even Zeus is cowering.” Enox mind-links me. I look to see that all the gods, except for Nimara, Hecate and Apollo are trying to hide.

  “My dear child, it may be my fault.” A woman with long red hair says coming over to me on the stage to the spot Leto was moments ago. I see the way every man is looking at her with the deepest of want and love, while the women are looking at her with envy and defeat. This must be Aphrodite.

  “Why would this be your fault? Which goddess are you?” Nimara asks coming back to my left side, she has shifted back into her human side since Dusk took over noise control.

  “Gaia, it is an honor and great pleasure to see you truly reborn again.” She says bowing to Nimara and then looks to me, “I am Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and it is my duty to bless the mates created by each of the gods for their supernatural children. As of late though, with the shift of power from Chaos, I knew that my time was coming to an end and that a true born god or goddess would come to take my place.” She says looking at the other gods.

  “Tenelle, this Aphrodite is not a true born goddess like you and Nimara. She was a child born of Eros and a human woman named Tina. She took Aphrodite’s place when she was killed in the Great War. It’s also why Ares hasn’t been himself for the last 300 years. His balance was taken from him, and we have been trying to find her ever since. With this imbalance war will continue until we find Aphrodite again.” Hecate says giving this Aphrodite a small smile. It comes as a shock, but I think they have been looking in the wrong place for the new god of love, and I have an idea of where he is.

  “Thank you Aunt Hecate, but I want to correct you on that position, it is not a goddess but a god that will take over the power of love. Uncle Ares, I will need your help on the matter, I think I know where to find this person, but for safety reasons we will speak of this privately.” I say looking to the God of War, he seems to relax more at the thought of finding his powers balance. “Is there anyone else that has something to contribute to the matter of Trin Walters?” I ask and soon a hand shoots up.

  “Dear goddess Tenelle, what has happened to him and do we need to prepare for another attack? Also, what is going to happen with finding your mate if the goddess Aphrodite is losing her power and cannot bless and hold the mate bond until the couple mark each other?” A Shadow Elf asks looking worried. I notice she is young and must be coming of age to find her mate.

  “No we do not need to worry of him attacking again, because I took him to see Chaos and then attached his soul to a dying star, they both fully passed with the death of the star.” A wave of relief washes over the crowd and truthfully I have never seen a group so large have so much fear. These are some of the most powerful beings in the supernatural world and they were scared of his attempt to get the ancient powers of Chaos. “As for the Shadow clans, finding your mate has changed. It was a split second decision I made when Chaos’s star died. I looked to a woman of inspiration, Persephone, to help solve this problem.” I say looking to the Queen of the Underworld and she is glowing in pride.

  “You gave your children the right to choose their mate, like my harpies! Brilliant child! I knew sending my harpies to babysit you was an extremely wise decision, it also meant you were kept out of trouble.” Persephone says laughing when I
stick my tongue out at her.

  “As I was saying, it takes the Shadow Clan’s much longer to find their mates and some never do. So now it is the same as Persephone’s harpies. You will choose your mate like they do, if both agree and claim each other, then the mate bond will bind your souls. If something were to happen to you or your mate, then your soul is given time to heal, and you can choose to look for a mate again or you can stay on your own. The only thing that has changed is finding your mate, now you have a choice, each soul is being given the opportunity to find not only their balance, but someone who challenges them, will teach them, and will truly love them. It will not be because of a spell us gods placed over your souls when selecting your mate.” I say and there is talking in hushed tones, the young Shadow Elf seems to be elated at the thought of getting to choose her mate instead of the person being chosen for her.

  “Goddess, my I ask why the sudden change in the way mates are handled with your children?” An Elder Dragon asks.

  “I chose this because, our numbers are getting smaller and smaller every year. As a Bird of Prey, we are now considered endangered because there are so few of us. The next to see such huge drops in numbers are that of the Shadow Elves, then the Shadow Brights and finally the Shadow Walkers. All because of how restricted they are for when they can travel.” I say and then I get a quick flash in my head of Zed being a pain in my ass.

  “Speaking of the Shadow clan’s, I am told they too are making changes and going to set up territories like the wolf packs. This will help and they want to start attending or holding their own Annual Conference to deal with problems, finding mates and keeping in contact with their allies. It is a smart decision and if they are willing to make these changes to better themselves, then who am I to not do the same and make a decision to help them also. Without them, I would cease to exists.” I say looking at the vast crowd that fills the Great Theater.

  After another 15 minutes of answering questions and helping get the new Shadow leaders in touch with their territory neighbors, the meeting is brought to a close and many are taking portals back to their homes. I love having the spell casters as friends, they are more than willing to help, and they are amazing when it comes to having fun and making mischief. With the Great Theater quiet again, I can see how even the wolves from our pack are exhausted. Many of the gods decided to stay for dinner and let me say that even though he is only 6 years old in his earthbound form, Dionysus knows how to throw a dinner party! And many of the gods and goddesses are still trying to convince Nimara to lift the ban on Amazon.

  “The girls are more than spoiled, they don’t need anything else. So the ban stays in effect.” Nimara says to Stella, Persephone, Hera, Athena, and Hephaestus while shaking her head no.

  “That may be dear cousin, but we have seven new little ones to buy for and I am sure Tenelle, Nazareth, Levi, Enox and Mitchel would love the extra help with buying items for the little ones Tenelle will be giving birth to soon.” Athena says giving Nimara a sly smirk.

  “Wow, I hope you don’t plan on having anymore girl! You are going to be worn out!” Hephaestus says, “Damn you’re giving Zeus a run for his money right from the start! Ouch, what the hell was that for?” Hephaestus says rubbing the back of his head. Persephone just Gibbs him.

  “I am sure Tenelle won’t mind, taking some of the things the girls have grown out of for her girls. There should be no need to buy more.” Nimara says as I snicker at her.

  “All except I am having 4 boys and 2 girls, that we know for sure. The little Solar wolf won’t let us see what gender he or she is.” I tell Nimara only to have her glare at me.

  “There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY any of my nephews are going to be wearing a dress! Even as a baby!” Hades yells as he comes to join our conversation.

  “Sorry Nimara, I agree with Hades. You will need to lift the ban.” Hera says laughing at Nimara’s scowl. “Keep that up and your face will freeze like that forever!” Hera is digging herself an early grave because Nimara growls at her.

  “Nim, as long as the items come here to me and not to you will that be alright? Besides, we have so many expecting right now, because they have lived a nomadic life to be able to help so many, that even if they do go nuts with gifts, I have others who would graciously appreciate them.” I tell her wrapping my arms around her shoulders in a hug. She sighs in defeat and says ok. There are cheers all around when Athena yells announcing the Amazon ban has been lifted. Nimara makes sure that everyone knows the items are to come here for my children, but honestly she knows not everything is going to be for my kids. At least I hope she does.

  Once the party is over everyone returns to their living quarters. I was surprised to find that many of the gods have stayed for the night and were staying with their protectors. I wasn’t sure how the gods staying in the guest rooms was going to go, but honestly, they were ok with it because they were visiting and not staying here for long periods of time like they use to before the Great War. As for me, it only took mere seconds for sleep to overtake me once Mitchel picked me up from the chair I was falling asleep in.

  Chapter 18

  ~ Tenelle ~

  “Hey Nimara, was it easier to give birth in your lycan form?” I ask looking at a flowing dress that Hera gave us for special occasions in the heavens. She said we would have to make more trips up now. Hades gave all the guys theirs suits for the council meetings. All of our mates are expected to attend meeting with us also, though Hades said that it wasn’t common to have multiples at once. Artemis brought the most gorgeous outfits for Jessica, Nyssa, and Talisa. When asked where the outfits where for the little ones I would be having were, Artemis laughed and said perks of being a newborn they get to go naked. I laughed when Scott pouted and said that’s not fair that he had to wear clothes. He wanted to take a vote and see who else voted to make clothes optional. Nimara just shook her head, telling her mate that he could go naked all he wanted at home.

  Speaking of being naked, at this point in my incubation all I wanted to do is strip down. Only to want to put 50 layers of clothes back on like 10 minutes later. Also in the 4 weeks that I have left of my incubation, I hope that the morning sickness goes away. Nimara said she got hers about this time too, but it only lasted for about two weeks. Mine came the third week of pregnancy and it hasn’t left yet. Athena and a goddess named Eileithyia come and checked on me twice a week. Athena said that Hera would see to the birth of my children personally and that Eileithyia was making sure the littles were developing at a safe, healthy, and strong rate. The little Solar wolf still hasn’t let us see what gender she or he is yet though.

  “Did you hear me, Tenelle?” Nimara says stomping her foot.

  “Oh sorry, got carried away I guess. What did you say?” I reply to see Athena laughing at me.

  “I said that for me, yes it was but for you it might not be. Your owl’s not supposed to give birth to live young. Asking Hera would be your best choice, you are the first Bird of Prey to have a mate that’s not a dragon or another Bird of Prey.” Nimara says looking at me exasperated. Wow she did say a lot and I heard absolutely none of it.

  “But I do have a dragon for a mate, I just have two wolves and a wizard also.” I say sticking out my tongue at her. “But I will still ask Hera.” Athena is still trying not to crack with howling laughter, but I can see that Eileithyia is not helping by making faces behind Nimara whenever she is not looking. Actually I am having a hard time not laughing too. It was shortly after my checkup with Eileithyia, that Nimara caught her making the faces and tackled her with a pillow. The rest of the afternoon went pretty much the same. We would make faces at each other and laugh. It was pretty fun, and the girls told me that laughter was good for the little ones.

  After a fun checkup and an epic afternoon, we start getting ready for our first council meeting with the gods in the heavens. I am not looking forward to the travel, lately both Snow and I are both not handling the morning sickness, and I have no energy to do anything.


  “Hey Little feather, Levi and I have a hot bath ready for you. Come relax, Mitchel’s bringing your chariot to take you up, and he is going to portal Levi and Nazareth. Speaking of Nazareth, he’s bringing you something to settle your stomach before we leave.” Enox said coming to scoop me up from in front of the mirror. I giggle as he tucks his head into the crook of my neck and licks my sweet spot. Once in the bathroom Enox sets me down in front of Levi, who I notice is in just a towel.

  “Relax Little Owl, let us take care of you.” Levi says, stripping me of my t-shirt and bra. He wraps his hands around my waist and slides one up to cup my engorged breast and the other slips into my pants playing with my clit. I lean into him and moan at the feeling of pleasure. I soon feel hot breath and moisture encircle my other nipple as my bottoms and panties are removed. Levi kisses from my shoulder up to my ear.

  “Your sweet little pussy is ours for the next hour, hopefully you won’t need to talk much. We plan on keeping you screaming in pleasure for that hour.” He says in a lust filled voice.

  “When does this hour of pure ecstasy start then?” I pant as Enox has moved from my nipple to sucking on my clit, “Oh fuck Enox, I’m cumming!” I moan and feel the heat burst and spread throughout my body. Levi is sucking on my marking spot to increase the feeling of my orgasm.

  “It starts now that Mitchel and I have come.” I hear Nazareth say from the door. They too are soon stripped out of their clothes and we are climbing into the tub. This tub is in another room all together, it has a natural inlet from the hot springs. So the water is always hot and relaxing. Onyx even set it up so that the water is constantly draining and filling to refresh the water, keep it pure and clean both in the Great Theater and in the actual hot springs themselves.