"Meaning?" she repeated.
"Meaning the good guys had all the dragons ... now they don't. And Urian holds the blood of Apollymi, Bet, Set, and Acheron...."
Morgen sucked her breath in as she finally understood. "He's the key to bringing them all down."
"Isn't he, though. And you know what we've just discovered?"
A slow smile curved her lips. "The source of his undoing."
Apollo nodded slowly. With Phoebe under his control, he didn't need to find out Acheron's father, after all. He had something even better at his disposal.
Acheron's comeuppance.
Because that was the beauty of being a god of prophecy. He knew the future.
The final fate of the world--of all humanity--wasn't really in the hands of Acheron, or even Apollymi.
It was actually in the bloodline of Styxx's family.
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Night Embrace
Dance with the Devil
Kiss of the Night
Night Play
Seize the Night
Sins of the Night
Unleash the Night
Dark Side of the Moon
The Dream-Hunter
Devil May Cry
Upon the Midnight Clear
Dream Chaser
Acheron
One Silent Night
Dream Warrior
Bad Moon Rising
No Mercy
Retribution
The Guardian
The Dark-Hunter Companion
Time Untime
Styxx
Dark Bites
Son of No One
Dragonbane
Dragonmark
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Born of Fire
Born of Ice
Fire & Ice
Born of Shadows
Born of Silence
Cloak & Silence
Born of Fury
Born of Defiance
Born of Betrayal
Born of Legend
Born of Vengeance
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Invincible
Infamous
Inferno
Illusion
Instinct
Invision
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Epilogue
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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