My limbs shake.
My lungs burn.
My heart races.
I try to tell them I remember, that I know where the Omegas are, that we have to help them. Yet all I can do is whimper. Cry.And beg.
Because my world is upside down.
My body is being turned inside out.
And I register with a delirious thought that my heat has finally begun. It’s the only explanation for what’s happening to me right now.
Which means I’m about to be mindless. Hopeless.Entirely at their mercy.
Hades purrs, like he’s excited by the prospect. However, in a grounding moment, I realize none of them are trying to fuck me. Or knot me. Or claim me.
They’re simply comforting me.
Because Morpheus is purring, too. And Maliki’s tattoos are vibrating.
“You’re safe,” Hades whispers against my ear. “Just focus on your breathing, all right? Inhale and exhale.”
“Don’t close your eyes, Serapina,” Morpheus sayswhen my eyes begin to droop. “Look at me, sweetheart. Stay here with us.”
I stare at him and then at Maliki.
Hades is the only one I can’t see since he seems to have me and Maliki on his lap somehow.
Rather than ask questions or try to figure out how I’ve ended up in this nest of limbs, I just do what they suggested andbreathe.
It’s easier than thinking.
Easier thanremembering.
But as soon as my heart stops thudding in my ear, I clear my throat.
Becauseeasyisn’t alwaysright.
I need to tell them what’s happened. What I know.What I saw.
“Persephone didn’t betray you,” I say, my voice a rasp of sound.
However, I know Hades heard me because he stiffens beneath me.
“She tried to crawl her way back to you,” I go on. “Delos was there to help. But Demeter was too strong.” My voice grows more powerful with each word, my reality mingling with my past, my soul oddly at ease as the truth finally reveals itself in my mind.
I feel miraculously whole.
Strangely vulnerable.
And exceptionally furious.
“I remember everything,” I say, straightening my spine as I sit up more fully. “And I think I know how to find the other Omegas.”
The Netherworld Fae Trilogy Concludes with Knotted Myths…
