In the Nyx of Time
Amy Sumida
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ISBN-10: 172497730X
ISBN-13: 978-1724977304
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Chapter One
I hadn't been home to Hawaii in a few months. After the rise and fall of Dvārakā—Krishna's golden, island city—neither I nor anyone in my family wanted to go anywhere near an island for awhile. But Trevor—my werewolf husband—and I owned a nightclub on Oahu, and we had left it in Ty's care for too long. We needed to check in on Trevor's younger brother and see how Moonshine was doing. It also happened to be date night for Trevor and me.
I have five husbands and two boyfriends; don't judge. One of my husbands lives in the Faerie Realm with our twin sons, and my boyfriends each have their own homes, but my other four husbands live with me. We have a schedule for things like dates. Tonight was Trevor's night, but we decided to have our date at Moonshine so we could handle some business along with our pleasure.
“I thought you were never coming back,” Ty joked when he saw us.
“You mean; you hoped,” Trevor teased back before he hugged his brother. “How's it going here?”
“Same old.” Ty shrugged. “How's it going with the God Squad? You guys recovered after sinking that city?”
“All we did was ward the city,” I corrected. “Krishna is the one who destroyed it.”
“And there's no recovering for him,” Trevor said grimly.
“He did the right thing,” Ty said. “That city could have destroyed the human race.”
“Possibly,” Trevor agreed. “But let's not talk about all that. Tonight is date night for Vervain and me. Let's get through whatever business needs my attention so she and I can get—”
“Down to business?” Ty cut Trevor off with a chuckle. “Yeah; I gotcha. Come on back to the office; I'll show you the numbers from the past few months.”
Trevor and Ty headed behind the bar while I got comfortable on a tree trunk bar stool; swinging side to side on it while I surveyed our club. I left the running of Moonshine to Trevor because I had other things to focus on; like the Mai Tai that was placed before me. The Froekn—aka werewolf—bartender winked at me before hurrying off to fill his orders. I grinned gratefully and took a long sip. Oh yeah; date night was off to a good start.
Then the Goddess of Blessed Death sat on the stool beside me.
“Hello, Vervain,” Macaria said calmly.
I choked on my Mai Tai.
Macaria was Hades' daughter. Her mother was Nyx; a winged Goddess of the Night. Both Macaria and her mother had assisted in the attempt to raise Dvārakā so they could get access to its Atlantean weaponry and machines. They had employed some pretty underhanded techniques to keep my friends and me out of their way. As Trevor and I had just been discussing with Ty; Krishna had destroyed the city with our help and spoiled their plans. Most of the gods who had conspired to raise Dvārakā had died, but Macaria and her mother had escaped. Wings come in handy for escaping exploding islands.
I got up and punched the evil bitch in her smug face.
Macaria flew back into the bar; causing the nearby patrons to pull away in shock. The bartender waved them even further back and then called our bouncers over to help. Meanwhile, Macaria recovered quickly; standing up and shaking off the hit. Her smirk had disappeared, but she didn't seem to be surprised by my reaction. And she shouldn't have been; in addition to betraying her own father, trying to raise Dvārakā, and ruining my drink, Macaria had also tried to seduce my husband, Azrael. Not because she desired Az, but because she wanted to distract the God Squad from investigating Dvārakā. The bitch was devious... and really dumb to walk into my club.
To get into Moonshine, all supernaturals had to make an oath not to use their magic; no spells beyond a basic glamour. Glamour was sometimes necessary since Moonshine was also open to the human public. So, light magics like glamours were allowed, but nothing violent; Gods couldn't attack someone inside Moonshine.
At least, she couldn't. Being owner had
