by Liz Meldon
“Ares, this will force their hand. If they hadn’t put serious thought into invading our lands before, they certainly will now. We’ve just given them a justifiable reason…” When before she could have turned the other cheek. Athena could have put her wounded pride and broken heart aside for the greater good of all the houses. Stopped the annihilation of an entire pantheon—for it wouldn’t be hers.
She closed her eyes to collect herself, then padded over to the mutilated corpses. One had soiled himself. The other had had the skin removed from his face—it lay in a single piece nearby. She crouched down with bated breath, then wiped away a tear when she knew Ares wouldn’t see. As her brother paced back and forth, ranting about the insults Dagda had paid them, about the slowness of Zeus’s council, and the weakness their house showed with their inaction, Athena’s search revealed no blond curls. No hint of sky blue eyes. No armor made of starlight. It wasn’t Lugh. Just two poor souls sent to Rome at their king’s command, not knowing they were never meant to return.
She flinched when a large hand clapped down on her shoulder, then looked up to find Ares glowering down at her—determined and unflinching, wearing his bloodlust plain for all to see.
“Don’t look so morose, sister,” he said with a slight shake of his head. His eyes glittered with malice. “This is a war, after all.”
Lips peeled back into a snarling grin, he stalked away, his hand leaving a bloody stain smeared across her off-white gown.
A telling sign of the days to come.
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If gods and goddesses from different pantheons intermingling is your thing, and maybe you like a little spice to your fiction, I recommend you check out my Lovers and Liars serial. It is a paranormal romance featuring Aphrodite and Loki fighting supernatural baddies in the modern day so they can gain back the powers they lost in, well, the shitstorm that’s about the follow what happened in this novella.
Lugh and Athena will return! I mean, how could they not? Reconnect with the pair when they head up north to Odin and his Aesir Norse gods in Asgard—except Athena doesn’t realize this is a joint trip just yet. Lugh seems to think she likes surprises… You’ll be able to reconnect with them in fantasy romance novella To the North (2018).
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About the Author
Liz is a Canadian author who grew up in the Middle East. She has a degree in Bioarchaeology from Western University, and when she isn't writing about her own snarky characters, she is ghostwriting romance novels, loitering on social media, or taking care of her many animals.
As a freelance ghostwriter, she has written over a dozen books ranging from romance to horror, full-length to novella-sized. A handful are currently on the market, and she stalks their "authors" with fiendish delight. She loves writing realistic characters in fantastical settings.
More from Liz Meldon:
Lovers and Liars – a Paranormal Romance Serial
Manhattan (2014) – Book #1 (FREE)
Vancouver (2015) – Book #2
Westwick College (2016) – Book #3
Tuskin Island (2017/2018) – Book #4
Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars – a fantasy and paranormal romance series based in the Lovers and Liars Universe
Court of the Phantom Queen (2017) – Book #1 (fantasy romance, novella)
Apollo’s Priestess (2018) – Book #2 (paranormal romance, novella)
To the North (2018/2019) – Book #3 (fantasy romance, novella)
‘Til Death Do Us Part (2018) – Book #4 (paranormal romance, short story collection)
It Begins Here: An Anthology (2015)
It Ends Here: An Anthology (2016)
Games We Play – a Paranormal Romance Duology
The Fool (2015) – Prologue
The King (2016) – Book #1
The Queen (2018) – Book #2
Erotic Short Shorts – an Erotic Short Story Series
Happy Hour (2016)
Holiday Hell (2017)
All In Trilogy – an Erotic Novella Trilogy (2017)
Finn (#1)
Cole (#2)
Skye (#3)
