She scrambles to deliver her ash attack, but the ashes never reach my possessed body. They fly back into her mouth, and I can feel the power surging through me as it intoxicates both goddesses ruling me.

Light surrounds me suddenly, and blinding explosions erupt from me, leveling everything in front of me until I stand alone with the embers sparking on their way down.

The air is almost black, and Safina's body wastes away in front of my eyes. She now looks no different than the ashes she once cast into my love's mouth.

The once green, lively world is shattered along with everything in it, and I'm completely alone to stare at my apocalypse. Life has been drained from the planet and my eyes burn as more power radiates outward to light the blackened sky.

I drop to my knees in front of the place where Devin once lay as the goddesses subside suddenly, forcing me back in the driver's seat of my body.

I sob wildly into my hands that are stained with too many deaths to count. The poison hasn't lost its affect, it was merely temporarily restrained.

I feel the weakening effects and the power of death's promise pulling the air from my lungs again. Tears flow down my paralyzed cheeks as I stay frozen awake for the moment.

I stare at the dead sky I've created, and my mind begins working in reverse as memories of everything Devin and I have done together form a melody and sing me to sleep.

Each tear represents a day with him, and each stab of pain represents a day lost. I feel the ground beneath me spinning, and there's some radiant power flowing from me again, but I don't know what.

I'm dizzy while lying perfectly still, and the earth trembles beneath me to retract its deadly news as the backward force of the air whips around me. The darkness consumes me as I gasp for my last breath, and I stare at Devin's resting place, though his body is no longer there.

The grass turns green as the scenes around me change back to what they once were, but I can't watch any longer. My last tear falls, followed by the last exhaled breath that evades my lips.

I'm so weak and...and...

Reliving the Storm.

I wake up with a pounding headache. It feels as though I've consumed an entire bottle of vodka, but I barely had a glass of wine last night.

"Adisia!" Clara squeals as she dives onto the bed and falls beside me. I laugh a little at her excitement despite the vicious hammering inside my head. "Can you believe I'm getting married in just a few more days?" she giggles out in her shrill pitch.

I laugh again as I sit up to meet her eyes. I feel a sharp pain against my heart, but I don't know what's wrong. I feel like something is missing - like there's a void in me that wasn't there yesterday.

"What's wrong?" she prompts, her eyes gauging mine with concern falling across her soft face.

I shake my head as I try to compose the slight panic attack I can't explain.

"I don't know," I murmur as I stare into the mirror at the blue eyes hiding secrets I should know.

End of Book one. Book two, Daughter of Asteria. Available now on Kindle.

Currently, I have nine published books, and I'm in the process of releasing more. For more information on my other romances, "like" my author page - C.M. Owens. Feel free to comment or ask questions. I love feedback.

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Thank you, Daddy. Your belief in me has always given me strength.

We've reached the end and it was great having you. Thanks for coming along and reading each character's story. I hoped you enjoyed the stories as much as we enjoyed writing them.

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