Destiny Descending

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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More Books by Amy Sumida
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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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