Destiny Descending

Amy Sumida

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

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Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-One

Chapter Fifty-Two

Keep reading for a sneak peek into the next book in the Godhunter Series:

Chapter One

Grammar Giggles

Pronunciation Guide

Glossary of Characters

About the Author

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ISBN: 9781710080827

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The Godhunter Series (in order)

Godhunter

Of Gods and Wolves

Oathbreaker

Marked by Death

Green Tea and Black Death

A Taste for Blood

The Tainted Web

Series Split:

These books can be read together or separately

Harvest of the Gods  &  A Fey Harvest

Into the Void  &  Out of the Darkness

Perchance to Die

Tracing Thunder

Light as a Feather

Rain or Monkeyshine

Blood Bound

Eye of Re

My Soul to Take

As the Crow Flies

Cry Werewolf

Pride Before a Fall

Monsoons and Monsters

Blessed Death

In the Nyx of Time

Let Sleeping Demons Lie

The Lion, the Witch, and the Werewolf

Hear No Evil

Dark Star

(Destiny Descending)

Beyond the Godhunter

A Darker Element

Out of the Blue

The Twilight Court Series

Fairy-Struck

Pixie-Led

Raven-Mocking

Here there be Dragons

Witchbane

Elf-Shot

Fairy Rings and Dragon Kings

Black-Market Magic

Etched in Stone

—Completed Series—

The Spellsinger Series

The Last Lullaby

A Symphony of Sirens

A Harmony of Hearts

Primeval Prelude

A Ballad of Blood

A Deadly Duet

Macabre Melody

Aria of the Gods

Anthem of Ashes

A Chorus of Cats

Spectra

Spectra: A Cynical Superhero

A Gray Area

A Compression of Colors

Blue Murder

Code Red

Fairy Tales

Happily Harem After Vol 1

Including:

The Four Clever Brothers

Wild Wonderland

Pan's Promise

Beauty and the Beasts

The Little Glass Slipper

Happily Harem After Vol 2

Including:

Awakened Beauty

White as Snow

Codename: Goldilocks

Twisted

Historical Romance

Enchantress

Erotica

An Unseelie Understanding

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Pronunciation Guide at the back of the book.

Chapter One

A high-pitched shriek echoed out to the veranda where I was having a tea party with Lesya; tiny cups and plates spread out on a Persian rug between us. We were over to the left side of the extended porch, enjoying the slant of sunshine that currently hit that area. Across the moat from us, a miniature castle stood—a playground I'd made for the children, and then beyond that were the grasslands of Pride territory, dotted with lacy-leafed trees and a glassy lake to one side. The golden landscape was reminiscent of Africa and the herds of antelope roaming it added to that imagery. The scent of earth and water and wild things rode the air. It had been a peaceful day until that strident sound sliced through it all.

The scream turned our heads toward the front doors of Pride Palace where an anaconda came slithering out followed by an angry werelion. The snake wasn't actually an anaconda but a pit viper of anaconda size. It slithered to the bottom of the veranda steps, glossy scales undulating, and then transformed into a gorgeous, naked man. He was powerfully built with ebony hair cropped short and eyes the color of the viper's scales—a shocking lime green. As soon as he shifted, he bent over double in laughter, hands on his thighs to support himself. The werelion in pursuit stopped at the top of the steps to furiously shake his fist at Viper, my new boyfriend. Viper's the only one out of my seven lovers who I wasn't married to. Yes, seven; don't judge. My point is; we were still settling into our relationship, and Viper was still settling into his new home. Although I'm not sure “settling” is the right word for it.

“I swear to my goddess, Viper, if you jump out at me like that again, I'm going to shift into a lion and literally bite your head off!” Aidan shouted.

At the doorway, a horde of Intare—the pride of werelions under my care—chortled with glee.

“And the rest of you can stick it up your furry—”

“Aidan!” I shouted before he could finish his sentence.

Aidan glanced over at Lesya and me then grimaced. “Tima, your new boy-toy has taken to scaring me in his snake form!”

Viper's newly-discovered shifting abilities came in handy for torturing the Intare; specifically Aidan, who had previously held the title of the Most Annoying Male in the palace. Aidan had tried his tricks on Viper, in the way that men do when they're bonding, and Viper—the still-laughing Viper—had turned the tables on Aidan and stolen his coveted title.

Much to the delight of the rest of the Intare.

“Viper, please stop scaring Aidan,” I admonished my star god boyfriend. “You know he has a snake phobia.”

“Which is precisely why I do it.” Viper came striding up the steps and plopped down onto a chair beside me.

Shifters; they have no shame. Thankfully, my daughter is a shifter too, and she has seen plenty of naked people in her short life. This was normal for her. I hope that Lesya marries a shifter someday because otherwise, her husband (or husbands, most likely, she's inherited my lioness magic after all) will be in for a big surprise.

“You're exploiting my weakness!” Aidan growled at Viper.

“You shouldn't have told me about it if you didn't want it exploited,” Viper said reasonably.

“I didn't! You shifted and saw my reaction.”

“As I said; you shouldn't have told me about it.”

“Well done, Viper!” Aaron, our resident Fabio-look-alike, smacked Viper's shoulder. “You got him to scream like a girl; that's a rare and beautiful thing that we'll all treasure.”

“The funniest sound I've heard in ages,” Kevin agreed.

“That was you, Uncle Aidan?” Lesya asked innocently.

“No, Lesya,” Aidan said adamantly, “that was a bird. I don't scream; I'm Intare.”

“I'm Intare, and I scream,” she said with a

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