Table of Contents
Storm of Ecstasy
Copyright:
Disclaimer:
Contributors:
Acknowledgements:
Storm of Ecstasy – Book Nine (The Guardians of the Realms)
Series Glossary of Terms and Characters - For Reference Only:
Author’s Note—Starting the Series with this Title (Contains Some Spoilers to Earlier Books):
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
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
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Storm of Ecstasy
Setta Jay
A Guardians of the Realms Novel
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Disclaimer:
This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. The characters and places are products of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
Warning: Gods gone crazy, bad language, dirty talk, and explicit scenes meant for mature audiences.
Contributors:
Editor: BookBlinders
Proofreader: Pauline Nolet
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Acknowledgements:
As always, I’d like to send out a huge thank you to my editor and proofreader, Lindy and Pauline, for helping make these books the best they can be.
Tons of love to my husband for just being amazing throughout the process.
Thank you to all the Book Bloggers who have given me immeasurable support and guidance. Sending out big hugs to you all!
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Thank you to all who post, engage or just watch the craziness from the sidelines in all my social media outlets.
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Storm of Ecstasy – Book Nine (The Guardians of the Realms)
As the son of Hades and a Guardian of the Realms, Pothos has been gifted with immense power to protect the inhabitants of the four Realms of Earth. When the evil God Apollo is stolen and the Guardians are forced to wake Hades from his sleeping confinement, P is faced with a long held dangerous secret; that he was born of two worlds. Learning that his mother was a Priestess from the unknown world of Thule, Hades also confesses that P has been kept hidden from all who dwell there as his very life is in danger the moment their Gods learn of his existence. As P struggles to make sense of the life he has lived and what this means for his future he finds himself forcibly pulled into Thule by an unstoppable divine force. Bracing for attack, he instead finds himself faced with a threat of a different sort, a beautiful golden Goddess who calls to the very depths of his soul.
Gefn is a Goddess of Thule, dedicated to the preservation of her world. A world constantly faced with wildly shifting energy left behind in the wake of warring Gods. Haunted after witnessing the brutal murders of her closest friends, her Priestesses, she has lived a life of relative loneliness but for her few remaining siblings and her pair of giant, magical lynx gifted to her at birth. They are Guardians of Thule and her most trusted companions. When they lead her to a hidden garden outside her missing sister’s palace she is shocked to find a winged male who calls to her most primal desires, unleashing her power in a way that sweeps her into a passion she’s never known. His sudden disappearance leads her and her brothers into a tense and deadly standoff in another world.
As both worlds collide will Pothos and Gefn’s unique mating end in his death? Or will the strength of their love help them survive a storm of ecstasy as they uncover more secrets that could save them all?
Series Glossary of Terms and Characters - For Reference Only:
Agnarr – God of the world Thule, long ago ally of Hades
Ailouros – Immortal race of half felines, known as the warrior class, strong and fast
Akanthodis – Hell creature with spines all over its body and four eyes
Aletheia – Immortal race with enhanced mental abilities and power within their fluids, can take blood memories, strong telepathy, the race that spawned the vampire myth
Alex – AKA Alexandra, Demi-Goddess daughter of Athena, sister to Vane and Erik, mate to Uri
Alyssa – Hippeus (half warhorse), daughter of Adras and Ava, mate to Gregoire
Aphrodite – Sleeping Goddess, one of the three good Deities, mother to Drake
Apollo – God who experimented with the Immortal races, adding animal DNA to create the perfect army against his siblings
Ares – Sleeping God and father of the evil Tria who are imprisoned in Hell Realm
Artemis – Sleeping Goddess and mother of the evil Tria who are imprisoned in Hell Realm
Athena – Sleeping Goddess – One of only three Gods that were good and didn’t feed off dark energies and become mad, mother of Alex, Vane and Erik, mate to Niall
Bastian – AKA Sebastian, Kairos (teleporter), Guardian of the Realms, diplomat for the Guardians within Tetartos Realm, mated to Natasha (Tasha)
Brianne – Geraki (half ancient bird of prey), Guardian of the Realms, hybrid, mated to Vane
Charybdis – Immortal abused by Poseidon and then sold and experimented on in Apollo’s labs, she gave a portion of her life force to create the mating spell, aka mating curse, so that no Immortal could breed with any other than their destined mate.
Conn – Lykos (half wolf), Guardian of the Realms, mated to Dacia
Creators – Almighty beings that travel worlds sowing the seeds of an ancient race, creating Immortals and giving birth to Gods
Cyril – Demi-God son of Apollo, Siren/healer, dead bad guy
Dacia – Lykos, mated to Conn
Dagur – God of Thule
Deleastis Rod – A spelled artifact that was used by Apollo to lure Immortals to him
Demeter – Sleeping Goddess
Demi-Gods or Goddesses – Those born to a God or Goddess
Dorian – Nereid, Guardian of the Realms, mated to Rain
Drake – AKA Draken, Demi-God dragon, leader of the Guardians of the Realms, son of Aphrodite and her Immortal dragon mate Ladon
Efcharistisi – City in Tetartos Realm
Eir – Long dead priestess of Thule, P’s mother
Elizabeth – Aletheia – evil female who found a way to free Apollo
Emfanisi – Yearly, week-long event where Immortals and Mageia of age go to find mates
Era – AKA Delia, powerful female experimented on by Cyril, mated to Drake
Erik – Demi-God son of Athena, Ailouros (
half-lion), Vane’s twin, Alex’s younger brother, mated to Sam
Fólkvangr – Realm of Thule
Gefn – Goddess of Thule
Geiravor – Priestess of Thule, bonded to Hroarr
Geraki – Immortal race of half bird of prey, power with air
Gregoire – Hippeus (half warhorse), Guardian of the Realms, mate to Alyssa
Guardians – Twelve warriors of different Immortal races chosen by the Creators to watch over the four Realms of the world.
Hades – One of the three good Gods, father to P (Pothos)
Havoc – Uri and Alex’s pet hellhound that was rescued as a pup and bonded to Uri
Healers – AKA Sirens, Immortal race, power over the body, ability with their voices
Hellhounds – Massive black hounds blood bonded to the Tria in Hell Realm
Hephaistos – Sleeping God
Hera – Sleeping Goddess
Hermes – Sleeping God and Apollo’s partner in the experimentation and breeding of Immortals for their army
Hippeus – Immortal race of half warhorses, power over earth
Hroarr – Ruling God of Thule
Ileana – Ailouros (liger), Jax’s mate
Jax – AKA Ajax, Ailouros (half tiger), Guardian of the Realms
Kairos – Immortal race whose primary power is teleportation
Kara – Goddess of Thule, imprisoned by the Guardians after her attempt to take Hades
Ladon – Immortal dragon, mate to Aphrodite, father of Drake, friend of Jax
Laire – Guard of the Goddess Gefn of Thule
Limni – City in Tetartos Realm
Lofodes – City in Tetartos Realm
Lykos – Immortal half wolf with the power of telekinesis
Mageia – Evolved humans, mortals compatible to be an Immortal’s mate, have abilities with one of the four elements; air, fire, water, or earth.
Mates – Each Immortal has a rare and destined mate, their powers meld and they become stronger pairs that are able to procreate, usually after a decade.
Mating Curse – A spell cast in Apollo’s Immortal breeding labs that ensured the God wouldn’t be able to use them to continue creating his army. Charybdis cast the spell using a portion of her life force and now Immortals can only procreate with their destined mates.
Mating Frenzy – Starts when an Immortal comes into contact with their destined mate, a sexual frenzy that continues through to the bonding/mating ceremonies.
Mist – Immortal priestess of Thule, bonded to the God Hroarr
Nastia – AKA Chaos, Immortal created by Apollo, twin to Natasha
Natasha – AKA Tasha and Nemesis, Immortal created by Apollo, Nastia’s twin
Nereid – Immortal race of mercreatures, power over water
Ofioeidis – Huge serpent hell beasts, hardest to kill out of all the hell creatures
Ouranos – City in Tetartos Realm
P – AKA Pothos, Guardian of the Realms, Son of Hades, second to Drake
Phoenix – Immortal race with ability over fire
Poseidon – Sleeping God
Þrír – Thulian priestesses or Immortal three who are bonded to a God or Goddess of Thule
Rain – Mageia, destined mate to Dorian, best friend of Alyssa
Realms – Four Realms of Earth; Earth - where humanity exists, Heaven - where good and neutral souls go to be reincarnated, Hell - where the Tria were banished and evil souls are sent, Tetartos – Realm of beasts – where the Immortals were exiled by the Creators
Reginleif – Immortal priestess of Thule, bonded to the God Hroarr
Sacha – Kairos (teleporter), Guardian of the Realms, diplomat for the Guardians within Tetartos Realm, Bastian’s mother
Sam – AKA Samantha Palmer, mated to Erik, power over metal, Mageia/Ailouros
Sander – Phoenix, Guardian of the Realms
Sirena – Siren (healer), Guardian of the Realms, primarily works to find mates for Immortals in Tetartos
Spa – Massive black lynx looking cat gifted to the Goddess Gefn at her birth, one of the two Guardians of Thule
Tetartos Realm – The Immortal exile Realm, once known as the Realm of Beasts
Thalassa – City in Tetartos Realm, where the Lykos clans live
Thule – Once thought a mythical land to the north, it is a world where Hades long ago found allies in God’s birthed by different Creators
Tria – Evil Triplets spawned from incestuous coupling of Ares and Artemis; Deimos, Phobos and Than
Tsouximo – Hell beast resembling a giant scorpion
Tyr – Evil God of Thule
Uri – AKA Urian, Aletheia, interrogator, Guardian of the Realms, mate to Alex
Vane – Demi-God son of Athena, Ailouros (half-lion), Erik’s twin, Alex’s younger brother, Brianne’s mate
Velspar – Massive black lynx looking cat gifted to the Goddess Gefn at her birth, one of the two Guardians of Thule
Zeus – Sleeping God
Author’s Note—Starting the Series with this Title (Contains Some Spoilers to Earlier Books):
We’ve always done our best to make the Guardians of the Realms series as standalone as possible, but I do not recommend starting with book nine. If you decide to try it anyway, this is a little background that may help:
The twelve Guardians of the Realms were gifted with immense power and responsibility to watch over the four Realms: Earth (the Realm of humanity), Heaven (Realm of pure souls), Hell (Realm of tainted souls), and Tetartos (Realm of beasts and Immortals). They were also charged by the Creators with watching over the sleeping Gods, who would “one day be needed on Earth.” The nine male and three female Guardians represent the strongest and most powerful of the Immortal races, and all are telepathically linked along with their various other gifts.
Of the twelve sleeping Gods, only Hades, Athena and Aphrodite were good, the others were tainted with evil. Yet all were sent into sleeping chambers that were meant to purge the bad Gods of all the dark energies they’d consumed while feeding off the suffering of humans and Immortals instead of the pure energy of the Earth, which was the sustenance of Immortals and Gods alike.
Unfortunately the Creators hadn’t sent Ares and Artemis’ evil triplets, the spawn of a dark incestuous coupling, to sleep. They’d left them restrained to their prison in Hell Realm, not realizing that one day the evil beings would be able to cause chaos from their cage. So for centuries the Guardians have battled against demon souls the evil three send out to possess humans while at the same time continuously dispatching hell beasts into Heaven and Tetartos Realms.
As for the Immortal races, Apollo and Hermes, two of the worst Gods, experimented on, imprisoned and then callously bred any they could find before being sent to sleep. Their goal had been to create a powerful army, so they infused the races with animal DNA to give them added strength and instincts.
One of the tormented Immortal breeders, Charybdis, eventually cast a spell using a portion of her own life force in the ultimate sacrifice. The spell ensured that the Gods could no longer force them to breed and take their young to warrior camps. Immortals could no longer produce young with one who wasn’t their fated mate. After the Immortals were freed by the Creators and exiled to Tetartos, finding a mate had turned into an exceedingly rare and beautiful occurrence. An event that made the pair more powerful and allowed for the possibility of children a decade after their souls had connected.
And so it had always been until something changed. Suddenly Guardians were finding their fated mates. The added power that came from the pairings was making already powerful beings as strong as the Gods themselves.
A couple of months ago Apollo was freed from his sleeping unit by a now dead enemy of the Guardians. Before the Guardians could recapture him, the Deity was abducted by unknown warriors. Without a clue as to the God’s whereabouts, the Guardians were forced to awaken Hades, the strongest of the G
ods, in the hope that he could telepathically track his brother.
He hadn’t been able to find Apollo, but he did have knowledge they needed, including the fact that they were dealing with a previously unknown ancient world… Thule.
Hades had once held a secret allegiance with the Thulian God Agnarr. The Deity told no one of the other world or of his ally as a way to ensure neither world learned of his son, Pothos’ birth to a priestess of Thule. The long-dead female had warned Hades that the Gods of Thule would demand Pothos’ death if they ever became aware of his existence.
With Apollo gone, Hades was forced to share the hidden information before attempting to contact his old Thulian ally using drops from a powerful blue stone into a mist-shrouded lake on a hidden northern island of Earth. Unfortunately, instead of Agnarr, a female Goddess, Kara, came through a portal from Thule instead and attempted to forcibly take Hades back with her.
Now Kara lay unconscious in a Guardian holding cell, still recovering from her attempt at abducting the powerful God.
Pothos, struggling with the knowledge of being of two worlds, found himself gazing into the mystical lake where his father had nearly been taken. When something magical and blue rose to the surface, he found himself pulled into the world he was never supposed to see. Into the path of a golden Goddess that called to his soul. After an interruption to the brief but passionate interlude, Pothos was uncontrollably drawn back to Earth.
Chapter 1
Hroarr’s Palace, World of Thule – Fifteen Minutes Ago
“Are you well, my Goddess?” Laire wasn’t only her guard, the big blond warrior was a friend. Winds whipped at them as he took the wide steps into her brother’s palace. Gefn breathed in the sea air, hearing the crashing waves against the rocky cliff below. Streaks of sunlight slipped through the swelling clouds as she swept past her brother’s guards. They bowed their heads respectfully as she, Laire and her two massive black beasts passed, giving extra room to the irritated felines that reached waist high to the large warriors. The beasts were the ancient Guardians of Thule, gifted to Gefn by her powerful parents when she’d been but a babe. Gefn’s sires had instructed all of the Gods to heed the powerful creatures’ instincts in all things. It was said that they would help lead Thule through the end of times if it was possible.