(Book 5 in the #DawnSeries)
A gift of light,
The laden of sight...
Theia, the goddess of light and daughter of Thanatos and Aurora, is unwittingly pulled into a weave of myth, monsters and magic as she travels to a dystopian earth to unravel a trave...
"Estra's alerted the inner circle." Triton was standing shrouded in the darkness of the alleyway close to our hotel. His eyes darted from side to side. "The others don't know Estra and Manos know that our secret is out."
I leaned forward; "That's alright; they'll manage. Morpheus has a keen intuition and Ash is already on edge after the wolf incident."
"What happened there?" Triton asked with fear in his eyes. "Was what Ash had said true? Did the Wolf really suck up that man's soul?"
Asclepius had ran to us after the whole ordeal in the catacombs with Waldonius and the Wolf- well, right after he'd apparently sent word to my father. Claudeus and I weren't too happy to hear what he'd done behind our backs, but after finding out by Theia that the wolf was really our infamous grandfather, Erebus, I was less inclined to be upset with my meddlesome cousin.
"If it had, then I'm not sure what Theia and Mal think they can achieve alone down there in the Labyrinth." I said softly and more to myself than to my friend.
Triton shook his head; "We should go help them."
"No." I held up my palm just above my belt. "Go finish what we started. Deal with Estra."
Triton's eyes grew hard and his mouth set into a thin line. "She'll be expecting me."
"Then don't disappoint her."
The prince of storms nodded and turned to leave, but quickly glanced back at me with questioning eyes. "What are you and Claudeus going to do?"
I glanced to where my twin brother was collecting a rather large, satin blue pouch from the sweet, old hotel owner. She handed him the heavy bag and he nodded with a dazzling smile. My smile turned knowing and I looked back at Triton.
"Handling reinforcements."
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Narray's POV
The job was done- our cover was blown.
I knew the minute the key to my chamber's door turned from the outside that Keya had instructed the other girls to lock me in my room and call for the Aetos guards.
For a split second I stood frozen, with a book in my hand; thinking to myself- do they honestly think a locked door is going to keep me?
But just as quickly as the decision was made to betray one of their own girls, I dropped the book on the neatly made bed and darted for the window. I'd much rather prefer to first get rid of the annoying dress hindering my movement, but time was of the essence and if Keya knew who I really was, she'd already be running for cover.
I pulled open the window and scooted out, grabbing onto the ledge above. I lifted myself up onto the clay slatted roof and glanced over the edge. A squad of Aetos guards had arrived at the brothel; some stationed at the exits and some entering the large manor to comb through the rooms.
