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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Disclaimer

  Copyright

  Contributors

  Dedication

  Acknowledgements

  Glossary of Terms and Characters

  Prologue

  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

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

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  About The Author

  Denying Ecstasy

  Setta Jay

  A Guardians of the Realms Novel

  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 – This book is intended for an adult audience. It contains explicit sex; ménage M/F/M; an instance of M/F/F ménage; voyeurism; dirty talking males with bad language

  Copyright:

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  Denying Ecstasy Copyright © 2014 Setta Jay, LLC

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

  Contributors:

  Copy-editing: BookBlinders Reviews

  Proofreading: Pauline Nolet

  Dedication:

  This is dedicated to all the fans of the Guardians of the Realms Series. You have been so incredible. I love you all and appreciate the amazing support. It’s been wonderful chatting with you on social media and through my website.

  Acknowledgements:

  A big thank you to all of the incredible Book Bloggers who’ve shown so much love and support for the series. I mentioned you all by name in the last book, but I’m scared I’ll miss someone new on this one. Your kindness and critique have been highly valued. It gets my books in the hands of those that will hopefully enjoy reading it. That you take the time to outline what you like and dislike in a book helps everyone. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate each and every one of you.

  Thank you to the greatest friend in the world, Lindy. Without our weekly book store trips, lunches and tea, I would be insane. Kevin thanks you too. LOL. Your friendship keeps me level and your critique makes the stories better. I wouldn’t be able to do what I love without you.

  To my advance readers who are always so awesome. Rebekah, Laura and Lori you are the best!

  Lastly, to my wonderful and sexy husband, Kevin, who supports me even at my craziest. I love you!

  Glossary of Terms and Characters:

  Adras – Hippeus (half warhorse), Immortal warrior in charge of the city of Lofodes, mated to Ava, father of Alyssa

  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

  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

  Angus – Aletheia, second in command to Kane

  Aphrodite – Sleeping Goddess, one of the three good Deities, mother to Drake

  Apollo – Sleeping God that experimented with the Immortal races, adding animal DNA to most in order to create the perfect army against his siblings

  Ares – Sleeping God and father of the Tria

  Artemis – Sleeping Goddess and mother of the Tria

  Astrid – Kairos, business associate to Alyssa and Rain

  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

  Ava – Mageia/Hippeus, mated to Adras, mother to Alyssa

  Bastian – Kairos (teleporter), Guardian of the Realms, diplomat for the Guardians within Tetartos Realm

  Brianne – Geraki (half ancient bird of prey), Guardian of the Realms

  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

  Creators – The two almighty beings that birthed the Gods, created the Immortals and planted the seeds of humanity

  Cynthia – Mageia on Earth Realm working with Elizabeth and Kane

  Cyril – Demi-God son of Apollo, Siren/healer, bad guy

  Delia – Mageia, power over fire, worked for Rain, abducted by Cyril

  Demeter – Sleeping 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

  Elizabeth – Aletheia - evil

  Emfanisi – Yearly, week-long event where Immortals and Mageia of age go to find mates

  Erik – Demi-God son of Athena, Ailouros (half-lion), Vane’s twin, Alex’s younger brother, mated to Sam

  Geraki – Immortal race of half bird of prey, power with air

  Gregoire – Hippeus (half warhorse), Guardian of the Realms, mate to Alyssa

  Hades – Sleeping God – One of the three good Gods, father to P (Pothos)

  Healers – AKA Sirens Immortal race, power over the body, ability with their voices

  Hellhounds – 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

  Jax – AKA Ajax, Ailouros (half tiger), Guardian of the Realms

  Kairos – Immortal race whose primary power is teleportation

  Kane – Aletheia, bad guy

  Ladon – Immortal Dragon, mate to Aphrodite, father of Drake

  Limni – City in Tetartos Realm

  Lofodes – City in Tetartos Realm

  Lykos – Immortal half wolf with 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.

  M
ating 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, sexual frenzy that continues through to the bonding/mating ceremonies.

  Nereid – Immortal race of mercreatures, power over water

  Niall – Immortal mate to Athena, father of Alexandra, Vane and Erik, experimented on in Apollo’s lab and turned into an Ailouros

  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 in power

  Paradeisos – Island pleasure resort in Tetartos Realm, owned by Tynan

  Phoenix – Immortal race with ability over fire

  Poseidon - Sleeping God

  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

  Sacha – Kairos (teleporter), Guardian of the Realms, diplomat for the Guardians within Tetartos Realm

  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

  Tetartos Realm – The Immortal exile Realm

  Thalassa – City in Tetartos Realm

  Tria – Evil Triplets spawned from incestuous coupling of Ares and Artemis; Deimos, Phobos and Than

  Tsouximo – Hell beast resembling a giant scorpion

  Tynan – Aletheia, owner of Paradeisos Island

  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

  Zeus – Sleeping God

  Prologue

  Outside the City of Limni, Tetartos Realm – A Century Ago

  Another blow landed against his opponent’s rock-hard jaw, splattering blood to the dirt at their feet. Dorian grinned wide and rolled his neck. He loved the surge of adrenaline running through his veins. The roar of cheers erupting around the ring fueled it. The Hippeus wiped blood from his lip and narrowed his eyes, forest green glinted in the firelight that surrounded them. They’d been circling and dodging for long minutes now. He never liked to end a fight too soon. He hated disappointing the crowd, and he didn’t have any intentions of making his friend look like a pussy. Only his brothers were a true match for him, but Cahal was a good fighter.

  He grinned when he heard Brianne’s bloodthirsty shouts of encouragement from the sideline.

  He looked over and saw his sister Guardian behind the rest of the crowd with Conn, another of his brethren. Her long titian hair was in braids, and she was in her leather fighting gear, the top backless. No Geraki liked to have their back covered, it had to do with freedom to unleash their wings. Of all his sisters, he had a soft spot for her loud and wild behavior. Both had too much energy to fully control, so they understood each other.

  “Will you tell your damn sister to shut up?” Cahal growled.

  “Oh, you better pound that damn pony into the ground!” Brianne shouted back.

  Dorian chuckled, and Cahal looked even more irritated. He was a Hippeus, half war horse, and his sister calling him a pony was a taunt she used often when he and Dorian were pitted against each other. Conn grinned wide, his amber wolf eyes glittering in the moonlight. Both Brianne and Conn were there for him, having his back when he fought.

  “Why does she have to be such a bitch?” the male snarled.

  Dorian shook his head before kicking Cahal’s feet from underneath him. The male landed, and dirt filtered up around him.

  Brianne’s loud cheers amplified, and he shook his head.

  Cahal jumped up, looking furious. Dorian cocked a brow at the male. “You know better than to say shit like that.”

  “That’s right!” Brianne shouted down to them from the rise above the ring. They were surrounded by betting Immortals yelling just outside a circle of metal spikes, yet none were as loud as Brianne. The ring was set lower, allowing the masses a better view. Trees circled the rise above, and he saw Blaine’s warriors keeping an eye on the crowds. He didn’t see the cat himself anywhere. He might have already started his evening of fucking. The moon was bright, and the scent of arousal spiked all around them.

  His was the last fight of the night. Immortals lined up for the opportunity to pit their skills against a Guardian, and he was always game for giving them a show. He loved the pull in his muscles from fighting with only his strength. He’d always struggled to relax unless he’d fought or fucked himself into oblivion first. That was what he loved.

  He spun and jabbed at the big male’s packed stomach. He and Cahal fought often, at least once every couple of weeks. The male was one of the Immortal warriors who guarded the city of Lofodes. The big Hippeus’ long black hair was pulled back at the nape of his neck. He wore a kilt in reds and black, leaving his chest as bare as Dorian’s. The flexing of thick muscled shoulders signaled Cahal’s next strike. One that Dorian easily maneuvered around. It was the one after that he didn’t get away from, it landed right against his ribs, and the impact launched his body back almost to the iron stakes that comprised the barrier against the crowds.

  “You’re getting slow,” Cahal taunted with a smirk, one that the females seemed to love.

  Roars of excitement filled the air. They were always thrilled when one of their own landed a blow. He grinned to himself. They were a bloodthirsty crowd, and he loved them for it. He’d always enjoyed a bloody fistfight, something he could get from his brothers or sisters, but they tended to practice skills useful in their duties. Ones that helped when fighting hell beasts or containing demon-possessed humans. The Tria in Hell liked to fuck shit up. Those triplet bastards were the reason he and his brethren were so damned busy. The twisted fucks, birthed from an incestuous coupling between Ares and Artemis, were powerful enough to send creatures and demon souls out into the other Realms, but not strong enough to gain freedom from their prison.

  He and his brethren honed the abilities suited to cutting down hell beasts and containing the demon-possessed humans. One worked best with blades; the other required more finesse. Humans were never to be harmed by a Guardian, even the possessed, or he and his brethren suffered the same injury tenfold.

  “Lucky hit,” he responded, with a grin.

  He jumped to the side as Cahal charged. Dorian enjoyed the freedom and wildness in these bouts, and they kept his energy levels balanced. His side hurt from Cahal’s last hit, but the cracked rib would repair soon enough. He healed faster than the average Immortal. He was like them, yet not. The Creators had enhanced the Guardians’ abilities when they charged them with the protection of the Realms: Heaven, Hell, Earth and Tetartos.

  He heard Cahal’s breathing change and spun away before the male could take him down to the ground. It had been a good fight. Cahal was one of his favorite opponents. He just liked the male in general. They loved fighting and often enough ended up sharing females after their match.

  Another dodge and he spun low, kicking the male’s feet out from under him again. The ground rocked from the impact of the fallen warhorse. “Bloody bastard.”

  He grinned down at his friend’s irritation, then saw Cahal’s smirk before he grabbed one of Dorian’s feet and flipped him back.

  He felt the hard dirt at his back as he landed a
nd quickly rolled away, just marginally missing a foot to the ribs. The male was strong and faster than most of his race. He’d gotten better and better each time they were matched. Fighting in the ring always challenged Immortals like Cahal, those that were used to battling in their beast forms. The Limni ring was for human form only. Opponents were allowed no use of magic or powers. Only strength and cunning were permitted; that was why Dorian fought there. It was a different set of skills he was able to hone, and he enjoyed the excitement of it.

  Each of the races had their own grounds for training their clans in whatever way they chose. This was different. His brothers and Brianne sometimes fought there as well.

  Brianne continued shouting in the back of the crowd. The other Immortals gave her plenty of space. He saw that she and Conn held big mugs of ale and were smiling and sloshing the shit everywhere. He shook his head. They enjoyed the fights even if they came mostly to watch his back.

  Drake, the leader of the Guardians, had long ago instructed him and the others to be cautious in their dealings with the Immortals of the Realm. The bastard was suspicious as shit, and in the early years it had been more than warranted. They’d dealt with several centuries of strife within the Realm. The Immortals and Guardians alike were nearly feral back then. Not all Immortals had been happy to be exiled and forced to live among the beasts of Tetartos Realm. Many had wanted to get back to Earth, and had been convinced that the Guardians could get them there no matter what the Creators had decreed before leaving the world.