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  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

  COMING SOON!

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  Storm of Ecstasy

  Setta Jay

  A Guardians of the Realms Novel

  Copyright:

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  Storm of Ecstasy Copyright © 2016 Setta Jay, LLC

  All rights reserved. Federal copyright law prohibits unauthorized reproduction by any means and imposes fines up to $25,000 for violation.

  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

  Cover Image: Fotolia

  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!

  I also want to thank those of you in the Setta’s Sexies fan groups on Facebook and Goodreads. You make me smile every day! I love you all!

  Thank you to all who post, engage or just watch the craziness from the sidelines in all my social media outlets.

  And lastly, a MASSIVE thank you to all of the fans for reading. I wouldn’t be able to do what I love without your support.

  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

  Ophiotaurus – Hell beast with the head of a bull and tail of a snake

  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.