The clock ticked midnight.The great hall of House of Hesse-Dermstadt was empty a minute ago, when the last tick of the massive antique grandfather clock chimed its last to indicate that it is already midnight, shadows swiftly came pouring into the halls and soon enough the hall was filled with sin-eaters from different walks of life.There were politicians, celebrities, models, singers ,dancers, lawyers and even pastors and a lot more. They all have one thing in common aside from the fact that they feed on blood, they were all filthy rich and world renowned. Through Solandra’s Guidance and unceasing hardwork to keep their race intact and thriving without compromising their secret long lives--they all managed to live life to the fullest. Having the best of both worlds.Helena arrived just in time. Her mother was making a grand entrance and Maddox was already in the front with her mother. She saw a little nod from her brother which signals her to drag her a** up there and show everyone
The God King of Mount Olympus, Zeus, decreed that no God shall be allowed to mingle with his or her creations. He did this out of spite when he found out that his brother, Poseidon kept on seeing his half human-half God son Perseus. In order to make it fair and for him to not look envious of his brother who have a good father and son relationship with his children, he added the first decree. That no God can show themselves to their creations even if it was the designated day of feast in their honor. His relationship with his own children was a one hot pile of mess. Zeus was not the daddy of the century.And those who dared defy him will suffer the consequences. Of course, the Gods still continue to sneak on his back as Gods favored human affairs than with their fellow Mount Olympus natives, they require less work and were low maintenance. Herds of Gods still visit the surface of the earth, disguised as commoners or rich people to do their bidding and heart’s content. But that was dif
Helena’s POVDarn it! I do not know why I am so freaking mad at myself for believing that Persephone was the best God that there ever was. And I am increasingly mad that I cannot do anything while that b*tch did all that in a matter of seconds. Also, I am confused why I had to remove myself from that assembly to warn Zac? And how am I supposed to convince that he flee the country and never come back?I was in a state of limbo. Honestly, I do not know where to start, all the logic and reason had escaped my mind when I saw it with my two eyes what a b*tch Persephone was. As I stormed the house to go fetch my car, an arm caught me and dragged me in a corner. It was Julienne. I saw the horror in his eyes. He never showed any other emotion besides being blank as a canvass while at work and a friend to me, but never fear.“I know that like your father, you do not approve of her ways.” I know who he meant. He was whispering.“Yes.” “I should have told you this even before she stormed here
While Helena was fixing Zac’s stuff and started throwing in the sheets that were used by him in the aluminum trashcan that she dragged outside, she did not notice Zac was undressing. When she looked inside, Zac was half naked and was ready to remove his pants down. At this point, Helena was tempted to kiss the man. He had really improved, physically, although , he was not in bad shape the day she first saw him.The man was clearly under the influence of some drug. It was widely known in the clubs in Bulgaria but she did not realize that what those girls gave Zac was actually a sex stimulant and now Zac was all over her.At first, he was giving her light kisses which she managed to dodge but when Zac cupped her breasts, Helena could not resist it anymore, she accepted the mouth that was searching all over her face and let Zac explore her body. It was only when she heard a sound from out back that she came in to her senses that she came here to remove Zac from his present state and not
Solandra was taken aback by the presence of the Goddess of the underworld herself in the assembly. Such a gesture and attendance was unknown of. The history of the sin-eaters go a long way back and the only one time that Hector and his family saw Persephone was the only time that she turned them into sin-eaters and that was it. She was never seen again by a large number of audience. Not until tonight. The Duchess was dubious about such display from a daughter of Zeus. Solandra was not a fool and she was definitely not born yesterday, she knew of the exploits of the Gods and their hobby of visiting the human world rather frequently. The Gods have been bolder since Zeus did not shown any concern about Gods hooking up with humans discreetly. Every God was well aware of the decree. So here she is, wondering what on earth was Persephone up to?Of course she was not here for a frienfdly visit. If her father does finds out about this certain event, Persephon can find herself a spot where Kra
The bunker where they stayed had running water but the food that was stocked there were roughly about eighty years old or so and Helena could not risk giving those food to Zac since she was not yet sure of how his system was coping up with the transition. He was a sore thumb for Helena, someone who sticks out and she was fond of the 'not normal' stuff. She was more curious now of his transformation than she was two days ago. She would like to think that this was a little act of rebellion directly towrads her mother, because nothing hurts more than the betrayal of family, right?Normally, when a human is infected, he will be under a lot of pain. Tremendous pain that will slowly disintegrate as time passes by. A full transformation will take about a month and the changes are slow, boring and nothing fun to observe. Unlike the purebreeds who have not had the pleasure of transistioning, she had been quite around a long time and have seen many transform.But Zac was an exception. His was a
When he saw Persephone on his mother’s assembly, the one thing that hit him like a log was the fact that he was not as close and intimate to her as she claims him to be. During their trysts, she would often pepper his ego with sweet little nothings and adoration. He was led to believe that he was special. It was no secret that the Goddess kept a string of lovers all over the globe but he was most certain that he was a step above the rest. It made him feel great and it made him think that he was her favorite.He was Maddox Mountbatten and he was a direct descendant, a pure blooded sin-eater.His lineage and pedigree could have given him that advantage to win the Queen of the sin-eater’s heart, if he had any. But she deliberately did not mention any plans which might have given him subtle clues of her plans. Maddox wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, that maybe she just forgot to tell him because she was so engrossed in the pleasures that Maddox’s lithe body was giving him.Tha
She had lived a full life. Eight hundred and thirty six years old and still serving the look. Solandra enters the world famous The Bellagio casino in Vegas. She and the proprietor of MGM Grand go a long way back and most of the staff there know of her, having frequented the casino since its inception.For tonight, she was dazzling in a silver halter funky dress that left nothing to the imagination. For a woman her age, though they all knew that she was in her fifties, she was a stunner and her heels are to die for. She let her hair down for a change and was only carrying a small designer pouch.“Miss Mountbatten, it’s a pleasure to see you again.” The manager himself welcomed her at the entrance hall. “Oh. Look at you, Conrad.” She pauses and fixes the bow tie of the man. “ You still look dashing.”“Thank you , miss.” The man was blushing. Solandra had her way with the male populace. She can get all the attention of the males in the room without overdoing it. In fact, she can get al
A message from the author to my readers: Thank you. I was trying to figure my life when I was writing this story--with only one thing in my mind: Escaping from reality. This book holds a special place in my heart because I was not at the top of my game while patcing sentence after sentence, imaginging sequences and mending a broken heart. This had been my escape. My characters are all a part of me. Each were given a piece of me , so I can feel less burdened. i might not have written this perfectly or top notch, but I am sure that this is the best that I can offer while trying not to break down into pieces.I am a mother of two and I am messed up right now but the growing numbers of subscribers and readers gives me the push that I needed to type away, to put my thoughts into words. To hone the talent that I have (although I admit that I am a mediocre) and to pay it forward to the writers who have influenced me to write and to the friends who kept me going whenever I feel backing d
Helena’s POVAll my life I thought that I was destined to live and die by myself. My mother does not love me or so I thought , but it turns out that she loved me the way that she knew how. I could have not found this if not for Zachary Oliver who turned my boring, sin-eater life into a full three hundred and sixty throttle mode.And yet, here I am.Happily married to the man that my brother, Maddox had bitten. So, he was not a mystery. He was under the influence of the Goddess Persephone, who was in return--under the manipulation of my husband’s very own grandfather. We both have dysfunctional families but we both share the same goals--to maintain our happy family.I have kids that always remind me to keep my feet on the ground and to always love one another. I have completely abandoned my life as a high end Bulgarian high end bachelorette for a life of simplicity and endless laundry and and I believe that I am already qualified to compete in the national rapping competition.I rap
They say that a family is the basic unit of a community. For Zac, family is everything. He could not ask for anything more. Having two set of parents and a lovely wife, with three beautiful kids who do not let them live in peace and keeps them up on their toes all day is what a family really is.Their house is a mess all the time and he and Helena cannot have enough time for themselves unless they visit Bulgaria, where every house staff was eager to take care of the three kids and the entire estate is their playground.Zac was staring at the sky, sipping his third cup of coffee, because is essential when you are a parent. Helena left her work and takes good care of the children full time, she has her hands full with three kids to feed and a husband to reprimand on spoiling the children. Zac still works with the firm and he is now senior partner. George is still working there and he is the other senior partner. Helena bought the firm in secret.They really do not need to work because he
The kitchen in that modern bungalow house down in Maine was a mess. Three children ages four, three and two were busy making breakfast for themselves.Not your ordinary, edible breakfast. They took everything out from the fridge and poured flour all over their stash.The kid's names were---"Solandra, Maddox and Hades! Oh my.. What the fudge!" she was not allowed to cuss, most especially in front of her children. It had been five years, three kids and a consistently dirty kitchen later, Helena is now a mother.Yep, she named their children after the people they lost to remind them each passing day that there is nothing that love cannot conquer. She and Zachary, the new hero of Mount Olympus hitched up and settled down. They were no longer sin eaters. After Zac saved the world, he asked for one thing and that was to be human. They got what they wanted and the grand parents from Olympus gets to visit the kids as often as they want as long as they promise not to spoil the kids. Their ch
“Oh my God! I found my gift!” “Yes, you did.” Zac was so happy for Helena, he truly was. For so long , all she wanted was to discover her gift because it had been one of her greatest frustrations and now that she had found hers. She was always envious of Maddox who got his gift early and the rest of the sin-eaters who did not had a hard time finding what they were endowed.he only wish that they were another gift, Damn, she had two. “Are you having second thoughts now in marrying me?” Helena knew how his mind works now, nbut she was wrong in thinking abut the second thoughts. “What? No. Just because your gifts are extra deadly combination for a soon to be husband---you think I am gonna be scared? Well, let me tell you one thing, Miss Mountbatten and you have to listen very carefully---I am not scared of you or you powers, I have my own powers too.” Zac was now a full pledged Elven Mage and a demi God, he has a range of powers that none of the other Gods had and his parents could ne
The cave that leads to the endless tunnel and cave where Cronos’ body and containment box was locked and double locked. Freya, made sure of that, she used all the ancient runes that she knew of and exhausted every containment magic she had to ensure that the door will never be found.Zachary was wounded and because a God had given her these wounds, it did not heal right away.his mother gave him some healing leaves to alleviate the pain because they won’t go off right now. They will be like mortal wounds. The whole nine yards. He was just glad that Helena stood by him through all these fights and battles and there is just one thing that he would want to hear from her right now.“Some day, huh?” he voiced out for everyone to hear.“Yeah, some day.” Zeus answered. He and Freya were now huddled up against each other. “Sooo, you two are like okay now?”As an answer to that, Zeus gave Freya a quick kiss on the lips which soon developed into a passionate kiss. Zachary covered Helena’s eyes
Zac’s POVHelena have this weird and crazy idea that I do not know if I should give it a shot or no. He was a quarter close to successfully freeing himself from the containment box. It is now or never really. I try to focus on the people I love. My family in Texas who by now might be calling the police and dead worried because me and my girlfriend had been missing. My biological parents who are now mourning the death of my uncle Hades who did his best to convince his wife to call it quits.Helena’s losses. Her entire family was taken from her. She deserved to be happy with a family of her own and he badly wanted to get out of here alive and to continue living his life.With this in mind, Zac runs and jumps inside the containment box to everyone’s horror.“You! What did you told him to do?” Freya panicked when she saw what Zachary chose to do.“I-I told him to use the bolt to shut the lid and weld it together. I did not ask him to jump into this own death!”Inside the containment box.
“We will.”Zeus’ voice boomed from the upper staircase. It was not just him. There was Poseidon and Hades and Freya.When Persephone saw her husband free, she was furious. ” Who let you out?”Hades took a few steps and touched a half creature and it quickly turned into a heap of dust. Those who were in a close proximity to the ascending God of the underworld took a few steps back.the Hades she left imprisoned in his own kingdom that looked sad, poor and unshaven was very different as he came closer.“Dear wife, you believed that you are smart, but I am cunning and I would like to thank my nephew here for finally following my orders to the T. ““You’re welcome uncle.” Zac said and he bowed low.“Impossible.”“I will tell you what is impossible, okay? Releasing the man who put us all in danger is impossible.”“Why, because you will try to stop me?”“We won’t do that. We are only here to get rid of the monstrosities that our father unleashed to make it fair and square. Zac will take care
Zeus and Freya was still arguing when they finally noticed that their son was gone and so was his bolt. He had a smug grin on his face when he finally found the heir that is worthy of the bolt.“What are you grinning at?” Freya said.“You know what this means, don’t you?” “That you are an asshole for underestimating my son?”“He is also my son.”“Oh, now he is?”“I have to annoy him so we don’t have to force him into wielding the bolt. He did i on his own accord and the bolt chose him!”“That was your parenting skill?!” Freya could not believe how Zeus handled this. It worked but it was annoying and Zeus was so proud of himself.“I am sorry for all the times that we wasted without each other, Freya. You know I still loved you. I never stopped.”Freya did not stop loving the God too. The truth was, she had never loved anyone after Zeus. Elves, like the creatures of the dark can only love once and her love of her life was unfortunately the God of thunder, the father of her son. How can