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by J. C. Diem


  Kala snuggled against my dad, fitting against him like they were made for each other. “Now that it’s all over, I guess we can sit back and relax,” she said.

  “Not exactly,” Mark replied dryly. “We may have defeated Kurt Jorgen and Baal, but there are plenty more enemies out there. We’ll always have missions to perform.”

  She grumbled at that pronouncement, but I sensed she was happy that our lives wouldn’t become boring. We were the Shifter Squad and it was our destiny to protect this world.

  It seems I made the right choice in making you my champion after all, a voice said inside my head. Reece gave no indication that he could hear it. This is a private conversation meant for your ears only, Fate told me.

  You left me clues so I’d know what to do in the end, didn’t you? She was nothing if not a master manipulator.

  Yes, she admitted. I prompted Thomas to write his journal. It was up to you whether you read it or not.

  I mentally shook my head. Are you saying that the fate of our world hinged on whether I enjoyed reading or not?

  She gave a hollow laugh. I left very little to chance. As you are aware, I am adept at arranging things the way I need them to be. I ensured that your teachers would instill an enthusiasm for reading in you. Your innate death magic meant that you would be a friendless outcast throughout your childhood. Books would be your only solace in a lonely existence where you moved to a new location every few months.

  Realizing the scope of her manipulation, I was once again amazed at how far reaching she was. You really don’t stop at anything, do you?

  Would you, if you were in my place? If it was your burden to safeguard an infinite number of worlds, wouldn’t you do whatever was necessary to keep the denizens safe?

  She sent me a picture of a door, behind the door wasn’t just my world, but millions of them. They stretched on for infinity and I closed my mental eyes before my sanity could be torn to shreds. I get it, I said. You can’t afford to worry about a few casualties when you have so many worlds to keep safe. I was just glad that my job was done and that I wouldn’t have to face another showdown like the one we’d had with Kurt Jorgen and his armies. Almost before I’d finished that thought, she snatched that hope away.

  You have earned your rest, but your task is not yet over. Remain vigilant and wait for my call. There will come a time when I will have need of you again. There are many versions of this world and soon they will all be in peril. It will be up to you and two other champions to save them all. If you fail to defeat your mutual enemy, all humans on every world in existence will be lost forever.

  I shivered when her voice faded and Reece looked at me in concern. “Are you okay?”

  Fate had locked our conversation deep inside me where it was hidden from him. I was the only one who knew that the trials that we’d faced were just the beginning. A far greater challenge was looming, but my friends wouldn’t be a part of it this time.

  “I’m fine,” I said with a smile and leaned against him.

  Natalie Pierce had saved her world and I had just saved mine. Now it was up to the third champion to do her part. If she was successful, then we three would be facing a crisis unlike anything the universe had seen before.

  I had no idea who I’d be facing next, but he had to be as evil as he was powerful. I should have been terrified about the possible imminent destruction of all worlds, but I felt strangely calm instead. Doom would soon be coming for us all, but some part of me was already anticipating the battles ahead. I was Fate’s warrior and I would face my destiny, no matter how far away it took me from my home.

  Titles by J.C. Diem:

  (Mortis Series)

  Death Beckons

  Death Embraces

  Death Deceives

  Death Devours

  Death Betrays

  Death Banishes

  Death Returns

  Death Conquers

  Death Reigns

  (Shifter Squad Series)

  Seven Psychics

  Zombie King

  Dark Coven

  Rogue Wolf

  Corpse Thieves

  Snake Charmer

  Vampire Matriarch

  Web Master

  Hell Spawn

  Road To Hell, the first book in my new Hellscourge series, is due to be released in May.

  If you would like to be advised of any new releases, please visit my website: www.jcdiem.com and sign up to receive my newsletter.

  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Chapter Thirty-Four

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Chapter Thirty-Seven

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  Chapter Thirty-Nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-One

 

 

 


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