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The God & The Shadow
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gildedlakes
Complete, First published Jun 12, 2021
Mature
actionaction-romanceassassinbadboybadgirlenemiesenemiestoloversfaefantasyfemmefatalefoundfamilygodsgreekmythologyhadeskinglovenewongoingpersephonepossessiveromanceroyaltyswordswitchesyoungadult
"Jealous?"
"Why would I be?"

"Because I know your fantasies." He argued. 

I leaned closer to him, smelling his overwhelming scent. "And I'm appalled at how they are just that. Fantasies."

He smiled and leaned closer, piercing through my eyes with the blue of his. I wanted to grab the dagger beneath my pillow and kill him already. 

"Are you now?" He answered, coming dangerously close to me. He brought his hand up to lift my chin, our noses touching. 

Gods, help me. I want nothing to do with this man. I really don't. He hates me, and I hate him. Our banter is not just banter; there's always a sense of truth in between, and that's what makes it all the more addicting. 

-

THE GOD is the master of death and darkness. Lore, previously known as Hades, rarely ever visited the mortal realm. As the gods get involved in a war against the rebellious uprising amongst the dark angels, he must work together with a group of immortals, a ruthless and serpentine assassin being one of them. 

THE SHADOW is a half-breed. Left destitute at seven and made a killer eleven years later, she leaves destruction and death wherever she walks the mortal realm. Forced into a team unit as punishment for her insolent behavior, she must work with the god she grew to admire and learned to hate. 

Alliances built on lies and hatred are inevitable to fall. Who will win in this game of the gods? 

(Modern Retelling of the story of Hades & Persephone)
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Olympians in the City: Zeus' Stolen Thunderbolt

86 parts Complete Mature

God of the underworld named Hades, wants to destroy the Olympus and become powerful than Zeus, his brother and chief of Olympians. So, the god planned to annihilate the Olympus and the Olympians to steal Zeus' thunderbolt with his new dragon creation named Arpheca. This dragon has a power to turn all the gods and goddesses into mortals. Until Hermes, the messenger of gods, decided to get back in Olympus from his roaming around the Earth. In the gate awaits him, Apollo, the god of music and archery. The god told Hermes that there are gift sent by Hades. So the two went inside to check it out. And all of the Olympians gathered for that present.Some of them disagrees to open it, but the others agreed. Still Zeus decided to open and accept that gift, as he about to open it with his thunderbolt, the present shaken, opened by itself and Hades appeared while riding in his dragon. The battle happened between Hades and the Olympians. Until in the middle of that fight, while he, Hermes, tried to attack the dragon,.Arpehca and Hades saw him and the beast fired Hermes with his fireball. As Hermes was hit, he was disappeared in front of the Olympian gods.As Hermes wakes up, he found himself lying in the middle of the City of New York. Will Hermes will be able to get back his immortality? What happened to the other Olympians and to the Olympus?

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