by Jana LaPelle
“You’re married to the god of war?” LJ whispers in astonishment.
Neamhain smiles and gently caresses LJ’s cheek, “But of course. I am a spirit goddess, the banshee’s do my bidding. We are perfectly matched.”
Sighing Ashlinn stops pacing, “Well that does explain why you are always disappearing for long lengths of time.”
The beautiful goddess just laughs, “Ash, I do adore you.”
Dagda interupts, “Neamhain, you should have been the secret keeper goddess. I have never met anyone that is so adept at keeping secrets. When can you arrange a meeting and where. I’m not sure that here at the Keep is a good idea. They are the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse. Having War and Death together in one place is one thing, but then we don’t even know who the other two are.”
Neamhain lifts her chin to counter, “Neit would never do harm to those I love, Dagda.”
Alaric steps forward, “I don’t think that Dagda meant any disrespect, but he’s right, I would prefer to ere on the side of caution. We will agree to meet at Tarron’s. I spoke with him earlier. He’s been detained from this evenings meeting but has agreed that Raven’s Claw Keep can be used as a neutral meeting place. I will bring him up to speed later. We need to arrange for a meeting as soon as possible.”
“I’m afraid that the earliest that I can arrange for a meeting will be four days from now. Neit left earlier, that’s why I was detained.” A blush stains her cheeks that has me grinning because that could only mean one thing, the two had gotten busy before he left out.
LJ chuckles, “Okay, we get the idea. What could Nyx do in four days? I’ve had to acclimate to everything after my ascension and everything that has happened since. We can check in on Lachlan in the morning. That will give him plenty of time to wrap his mind around things in The Mortal Realm while we get some much needed rest. Neamhain, if you can speed up this meeting even by a day that would be helpful.”
“I’ll see what I can do, but when the four are together, I really have no way to reach him. I know that he is okay through our bond but that is all. He cuts me off. He tries to protect me from his work.”
“You mean war, strife and discord, famine, and death?” I counter.
She winces, then narrows her eyes, pinning me with a look, “You are one to talk. You and LJ have just ascended to become Retribution. The ways of the realms have been in play since the beginning of time, young god. The Four Horsemen have been at this far longer than you can even imagine. So I wouldn’t go pointing fingers.”
“Point taken. I’m sorry if I offended you.”
“You didn’t, but I would take care when speaking with the four. They are extremely intense, especially when they are together. They feed off of one another, even Neit, their leader is not immune to their combined power.” Looking around the room, she says, “I’ll do what I can. In the meantime, we need to stay vigilent.
Ashlinn turns as if just now realizing something, “You were the reason that the Four Horsemen showed up at the end of the battle with Morríganna, Neit was there for you.”
Neamhain smiles, “He always shows up when I go into battle but is rarely seen. He was happy to see me shed my crone persona.”
“I bet.” Ashlinn snickers. “Come, let’s catch up. Have you been shacked up with your god of war all this time? You’ve been gone for ages. Don’t think that I’m going to forgive you so easily, you’ve been keeping secrets from Lexie and me for over twenty years. Dagda’s right, you should be the secret keeper goddess, you’re so good at it.” Turning back to us, she says, “Go on you two. Tomorrow is another day and I can tell that you’re both exhausted. Get some rest. There really is nothing else that can be done tonight.”
LJ makes to give her parents a hug and then waves to the rest of the gathering. Taking my hand she leads me back to an overly large kitchen, and I have to ask, “What are we doing back in the kitchen?” My curiosity getting the best of me.
“Millie’s desserts are infamous and I’m a sucker for her cakes. I didn’t get to eat much less get dessert.” She smirks and grabs a couple of plates.
Wrapping my arms around her middle, I whisper in her adorable twitchy little ear, “I’ve got your dessert, honey cheeks, but if you must, grab the cake and lets take it upstairs.”
Turning in my arms, her plates and the cake forgotten, she whispers against my lips, “Take me to bed or lose me forever, you big stud.” A goofey grin on her face.
Smirking, I part her luscious lips with my tongue eager to taste her. Without thinking, I trace the two of us to her rooms, our rooms. Pulling back, I cradle her face in my hands, “Have I told you today how much I love you, Lillie Joanna? I’m so happy that you found me.”
Those baby blue eyes of hers twinkling back up at me, her smile gentle, “We found each other, Daxell. If you hadn’t reached out for me, we would have been two ships passing in the night. Fated soulmates. I know that there will be trials ahead, and that the future of the realms is now uncertain, but for now, we have each other and we have a few days to figure things out. Nyx and her New Raven Order will have to wait, and I’m okay with that.” She takes my hand leading me toward her bedroom.
“You’re right. We need a breather and we still need answers. Let’s make the most of this time.”
“I’m counting on that, demon boy.” She says with a smirk.
“Come on, honey cheeks, I’m taking you to bed.” I lift our mate up and throw her over my shoulder, caveman style. LJ’s shrieking laughter drowns out the distant thunder, and for tonight, everything is right in our little slice of heaven.
A Soul Keeper Trilogy
Continues with:
Finding Redemption
(Coming Soon)
Index (For purposes of this series):
Chaos = Chaos was created prior to creation by the almighty Creator or God. She was the original Primordial and was known as the Void. From Chaos Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Hemera, and Nyx were born.
Clotho = An original Primordial. One of the Moirai born of Nyx. Reborn as Jillisandra seperated from her sisters between the realms. Clotho is the spinner of the thread of life and has been hidden away in The Underworld this time around.
Devil’s Bane = AKA Hellionite as nicknamed by Daxell and Lillie Joanna which can be used against the gods and primordials.
Iron Forged in Angel Fire = Created to detain the gods and the Fallen.
Majic = Magic (For purposes of this series, magic will be referred to as majic. The spelling is meant to be unique to the series.)
Moirai = Also known as the Fates. Three sisters born of Nyx.
Nemesis = An original Primordial, daughter of Nyx. AKA: Retribution.
Noctorbeast = First introduced in Warrior, A Realms of the Otherworld Book. Noctorbeast are liken to a griffin. The are a cross between raven and panther and only found in The Underworld.
Nyx = An original Primordial, daughter of Chaos.
Peata = pet.
Primordials = Came before all other gods and goddesses and existed prior to creation. The differ from other gods and goddess in that they were the creation of Chaos.
Rapa-City = Is a play on words. Rapacity is another term for aggressive greed.
Spiorad ainmhí = spirit animal.
Spright = The Underworlds version of sprites.
Vengeance = Morríganna’s whip and weapon of choice, first introduced in Keeper, A Realms of the Otherworld Book. This whip holds powers to detain the gods. It has wires woven into its make up that are derived from iron forged in angel fire.
Personal Note from Jana:
Thank you for taking time to read Finding Retribution. I hope that you enjoyed LJ and Daxell’s story. Thank you so much for supporting an unknown indie author. You have no idea how much your support means. Please tune into the next installment of the Soul Keeper Trilogy to see what happens next for LJ, Daxell, Poppy, and the rest of the gang as things begin to heat up and their adventure continues.
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Books by JANA LaPELLE:
Fantasy Genre:
Realms of the Otherworld Series
Kindred Book 1
Chosen Book 2
Keeper Book 3
The Hidden Memoirs of Joanna Elan Book 3.5
Warrior Book 4
A Soul Keeper Trilogy
Finding Retribution
Finding Redemption (Coming Soon)
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense Genre:
Cruel Secrets Series
Cruel Deceit
Cruel Lies (Coming soon)
