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  Table of Contents

  Piercing Ecstasy

  Copyright:

  Disclaimer:

  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

  COMING SOON!

  Other Titles by Setta Jay:

  About The Author

  Piercing Ecstasy

  Setta Jay

  A Guardians of the Realms Novel

  Copyright:

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  Piercing Ecstasy Copyright © 2015 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: This book is intended for an adult audience. There are dirty talking Guardians with bad language, some violence, and explicit scenes hot enough to give you cat scratch fever.

  Contributors:

  Editing: BookBlinders Reviews

  Proofreading: Pauline Nolet

  Dedication:

  This novel is dedicated to my amazing readers. I can’t thank you enough for the love and support of the series.

  Acknowledgements:

  Thank you to all the Book Bloggers who have given me immeasurable support and guidance in the past year. I adore you all!

  As always, a huge thank you to Lindy for helping make these books the best they can be.

  Hugs to Setta’s Sexies Facebook fan group. You are all amazing and make me smile every day with your shenanigans. Love you all!

  I want to say a special thank you to Lee Ann Milum for basically being my assistant for the last few weeks. You signed on as a group Admin and ended up shouldering so much more by sending copies out for review, handling event invites and even doing giveaways.

  I’d like to send a shout out to Kumiko Lei for helping out with the piracy sites, getting information out to the groups, hosting giveaways and entertaining the Sexies.

  Mom and Dad, thank you for not reading what I write. I know it’s killing you but this is no Agatha Christie or Louis L’Amour novel. LOL

  Lastly, to my hubs, thank you for loving me when I’m a crazy person freaking out about a deadline.

  Glossary of Terms and Characters:

  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

  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

  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 – 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, mated to Dacia

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

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

  Dacia – Lykos, mated to Conn

  Delia – Mageia, power over fire, worked for Rain, abducted and experimented on 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)

  Hagen – Lykos, Dacia’s eldest brother

  Havoc – Uri and Alex’s pet hellhound

  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

  Ileana – Ailouros (liger)

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

  Kairos – Immortal race whose primary power is teleportation

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

  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.

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

  Mia – Dacia’s sister, Lykos

  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 in power

  Phoenix – Immortal race with ability over fire

  Poseidon – Sleeping God

  Rain – Mageia, destined mate to Dorian, and 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

  Reve – Kairos, Elizabeth’s second in command

  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, where the Lykos clans live

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

  Tsouximo – Hell beast resembling a giant scorpion

  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

  Tetartos Realm – Millennia Ago

  “You will stay here, babe. There’s nothing to worry about.” Her mother’s quiet voice usually calmed her, but not now. Ileana searched her blue eyes and pushed her chin up. She was strong and she wanted to help. When she opened her mouth to say so, her mother shook her head, the long gold and brown waves shifting over her mother’s shoulders. “We’ve dealt with others they’ve sent and we’ll handle these too, but they can never know about you, love.” Her mother’s warm hand stroked her long wild hair, it was the same color as her mama’s.

  “But I can help,” she said with feeling, her eyes darting back and forth between them.

  Her father’s lake blue eyes crinkled at the side as he kissed her forehead. She closed her eyes as his beard tickled her skin. She inhaled the scent of him instead of the wet rock smell of the cave.

  It had been the three of them her entire life. No one else, just her, Mama and Papa, and she was scared something bad was going to happen. Her stomach hurt and she’d never felt the scratching under her skin. This was all wrong. Her animal felt it too; it was pacing in her mind, crying. She told it to quiet, warriors didn’t cry.

  “You will stay here, Ileana,” her papa said, and he didn’t sound happy with her. She felt a lump form in her throat as she looked up into her father’s serious eyes. If she could sneak out, she would find them. Help them. They’d taught her what to do since she was a small babe. It had started as games, but later when she was big enough, they’d trained her for real. This was what they knew was coming. She nodded, her chin coming back, tilting high and proud. She was a warrior.

  “I’m big enough to fight too,” she said with confidence. She was ten summers.

  “No, love. They can never see you.” Her mother’s blue eyes were bright with the love, but stern. Her heart beat faster; they would never let her help.

  “You know what to do.” Her father’s deep growl rumbled in the small cavern.

  “Yes.” Her chest hurt, but she would not let them see her fear. Fear was for babes and she only had to remind herself that she was a fierce warrior cat. She just had to show them.

  Her father’s eyes softened as he smiled down at her, and then he lifted her up into his strong arms. He hugged her tight to his warm chest, and she ran her cheek over his beard, just a little. She swallowed back the tears that she couldn’t let them see and wrapped her arms around the bulk of his shoulders. Her mother came up behind her and snuggled into her back. Comfort. Warmth. She loved her parents, they were everything to her. The only beings in her world.

  “Be strong, little one. We’ll return soon.” Did her mama’s voice catch? Was she worried too? Ileana’s heart raced in her chest as her head spun to look. Her mother smiled, she didn’t look scared, but she’d overheard her mama and papa talking when they thought she was asleep. Her father hadn’t wanted her mother to go fight with him; he’d said there were too many warriors in the hills searching for them. Her mama said they should run, but Papa said it was too late. They’d argued and whispered and now her mama was going with him. They wouldn’t tell her why.

  Her father kissed her forehead and set her on her feet before her mama scooped her up and cuddled her. “Stay deep in the cave until we return for you. We will be with you here.” Her mother kissed her hair, a reminder that she could always talk to them in their heads, that she wouldn’t be alone in the dark. Her mother didn’t know that Ileana planned to sneak out behind them and help.

  Her mother put a warm hand against Ileana’s chest. “We’re also with you here always. You’re our sweet special babe.” Ileana didn’t see anything special in having no scent, except that she could use it to sneak up on some of the warriors hunting her parents instead of using it to hide.

  Her mama and papa made sure she was smart. Put pictures in her head of all their enemies. All the bad Immortals so she’d know who they were if she saw them. They said it was safer to stay away from others because the Immortals were wild and fighting for dominance and territories. Mama and Papa taught her that it was dangerous and she had to be smart, pay attention to everything around her. She already knew how to kill any beast who threatened her. She even knew how to use their skins to protect her body and hold the blades her papa taught her to make.

  Her father’s deep voice rumbled behind her and she turned in her mother’s arms. “You will not leave this cave.”

  She nodded. “Yes, Papa.”

  “We need to go, Lil,” he said to her mother, and she was set on her feet in front of them.

  Her mother crouched down in front of her and her eyes were filled with love and something else that scared Ileana, it looked like sadness. “We love you with every inch of our hearts, little one.” She hugged her and kissed her face.

  Her father gave her a hard look before doing the same. “You know what to do.” Shivers ran over her skin at his words. There was a place she was supposed to go if they were separated. Her stomach turned when he kissed her cheek. “I need you to be strong.”

  She nodded, but her chest hurt from how hard her heart beat.

  They smiled at her one more time before turning and walking toward the cave entrance.

  She stood there staring at their backs, determined. Her father turned back and winked at her before slamming his fist into the ceiling of the cave entrance, sending rock raining down, trapping her in the dark.

  “No!” she cried as dirt filled her throat. Fear made it hard to breathe.

  I know my brave girl wanted to follow her mama and papa, but not this time. No tears, love, remember you’re papa’s little warrior. Her father’s deep soothing voice came into her mind. He’d known her plan and made it so she couldn’t come. She yowled and choked on the dust and fear clogging her throat. She tried to cut off the tears streaming down her face as she argued with them in their minds, all the while listening to their voices in the dark as they tracked down the mountain. A tight sob escaped as she climbed up the rocks blocking the cave entrance. No light filtered in, so she used her senses to start pulling stone and dirt from the top.

  She knew when
her parents started fighting the warriors. They got quiet, still a touch in her head, but no soothing words. Her mind raced and worry nearly doubled her over. She had to get to them. Tears continued streaming down her face as she worked to get free.

  The first cut to her fingers came a long time later. She couldn’t even smell the blood through the dust in her nose. She kept digging and rocks fell down to her right. Her heart soared when she saw a sliver of light. It was still too small and far back, maybe the size of her hand.

  She was digging to get to the light when pain shot through the link. It was so fast and sharp she cried out and lost her grip. She fell to the ground yowling in agony as her mother’s words came to her, I love you more than life, Ileana. Remember that I’m with you always, love.

  Ileana felt a sharp snap in her head and chest as her mother’s link ripped away, was gone. Her own roars filled her ears as her father’s anguish and fury filled her mind. She almost doubled with the pain, but she forced her legs to climb again, digging harder and faster, her bloody hands sliding on the rocks as she dug. She had to get out, had to get to them. “Mama!” she cried into the nothing. Tears blurred her vision, but she kept pulling rocks and sliding her small body into the small hole she was making.

  Stay hidden, stay safe. Do as I told you, Ileana, and always know that we loved you. Her papa. No! No! No! She felt her vision darken as his link was ripped from her; she fought through the pain. She had to get to them. She prayed to the Creators over and over. “Please. Please. Please.” They might just be hurt and she could save them. “Please. Please.” She refused to believe they were gone.

  She panted and cried until she finally made a hole big enough to slide through. Cuts ran over her back and legs and she couldn’t feel her fingers. The minute the sun hit her face she transformed and ran down the mountain as fast as her legs would carry her. Her cat yowled and roared as she bounded around fallen trees. It was silent. No birdsong, no predators lying in wait, just death. She stumbled at the smell. Metallic and strong. So much it burned her nose and churned her stomach.