by A. K. Koonce
It’s too late. I can’t reach him. I’m pulled through the exit.
And his name is eaten up into the nothingness as I’m torn away from the realm of Hell.
17
Muspelheim
Rhys
Aric’s name is still a scream against my lips when I land on my knees in a pile of ash. The smell of sulfur is harsh against my throat, but the tears stinging there are even worse.
“Take me back!” I stand abruptly and glare up at Torben.
A fire reflects in his green eyes, his gaze scanning our surroundings from over the top of my head.
“I can’t.” He turns distractedly on his heels, but I pull him back to me.
“I said take me the fuck back!”
“Rhys . . .” Latham says with too much uncertainty.
But I won’t listen.
I saved Kyvain from that cage Hela put him in. I saved him. And he’ll be my downfall.
“Take me back to him!” I scream it so loudly that my own agony carries in the dry wind along with so many other pleas of sorrow.
And it’s only then that I actually hear them.
All of them.
Countless screams run wild in the air. Roars rumble around along with the misery. My mouth opens without words. I turn slowly, and dust and fire swirl in the wind.
The sounds of torment and the fire ripping up from dry earth are what I envisioned Hell would have looked like.
Except the world around me isn’t the realm we left. Not at all. Batlike creatures circle us high in the sky. Dozens of people run screaming into the vast wasteland, trying and failing to get away. A monstrous, two-headed beast with the teeth of a shark and the wings of a dragon roars down on us.
“Muspelheim,” Latham whispers.
That single word brings flashes of a book to life. The nightmarish illustrations are fresh in my mind.
We’re not in Hell anymore.
We’re in the realm of monsters.
The End.
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Also by A.K. Koonce
Reverse Harem Books
The To Tame a Shifter Series
Taming
Claiming
Maiming
Sustaining
Reigning
The Monsters and Miseries Series
Hellish Fae
Sinless Demons
Spiteful Creatures
The Rejected Realms Series
Hell Kissed
Fire Kissed
The Villainous Wonderland Series
Into the Madness
Within the Wonder
Under the Lies
Origins of the Six
Academy of Six
Control of Five
Destruction of Two
Wrath of One
The Hopeless Series
Hopeless Magic
Hopeless Kingdom
Hopeless Realm
Hopeless Sacrifice
The Secrets of Shifters
The Darkest Wolves
The Sweetest Lies
The Royal Harem Series
The Hundred Year Curse
The Curse of the Sea
The Legend of the Cursed Princess
The Severed Souls Series
Darkness Rising
Darkness Consuming
Darkness Colliding
The Huntress Series
An Assassin’s Death
An Assassin’s Deception
An Assassin’s Destiny
Dr. Hyde's Prison for the Rare
Escaping Hallow Hill Academy
Surviving Hallow Hill Academy
Paranormal Romance Books
The Cursed Kingdoms Series
The Cruel Fae King
The Cursed Fae King
The Crowned Fae Queen
The Twisted Crown Series
The Shadow Fae
The Iron Fae
The Lost Fae
The Midnight Monsters Series
Fate of the Hybrid, Prequel
To Save a Vampire, Book one
To Love a Vampire, Book two
To Kill a Vampire, Book three
About the Author
A.K. Koonce is a USA Today bestselling author. She’s a mom by day and a fantasy and paranormal romance writer by night. She keeps her fantastical stories in her mind on an endless loop while she tries her best to focus on her actual life and not that of the spectacular, but demanding, fictional characters who always fill her thoughts.
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