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“Oh my.” A sense of peace warmed me from the inside out. But even with all the knowledge Ith and Aetha gave me, a tiny part of me doubted.

“Doubt not, child. You possess all the keys the Creator intended you to have. You are the child Ith and I shaped you to be.” Aetha spoke with affection. She stroked my face with tender care. The intensity of her love sank deep, filling me with a glow.

Ith and Aetha’s lives descended into my memories like they were my own. Many hundreds of years ago, Ith and Aetha battled Ramien for the souls he’d stolen and kept in his Room of Souls. Ith and Aetha freed them, and after making a deal with Ramien, gave the freed souls new bodies. Was doing such a thing still an option? Could I give those whose bodies were killed new ones? I remembered what Palamina said after she slayed Zaren.
‘Only his body.
Consider that.’

My mind raced at the idea. Could Zaren’s body be restored? What about the king and queen of Alayeah, Palmo, and my irrihunter, Sadraden? I thought about Chev, and her baby, even Dervinias, and . . .

“Amberlee!”

My sister pushed open the heavy double doors at the far end of the room, and sauntered forward. Ith and Aetha moved to one side of me, and Michael took my hand on the other side.

Halfway up the aisle, she stopped. “Venus,” she said bitterly. She stiffly bowed to the gods.

I recognized her tone as jealousy. She was back to looking the way she normally did. Short, spiky white hair, gobs of black eyeliner, and a barely there black dress. No longer a ferrikat, the thing Ramien changed her into for his own sick purposes. Thanks to my godly gift, I now knew what happened to Amberlee. I discerned why Ramien made her a ferrikat. She hadn’t been dead, but had promised to play her part in my torturous game if Ramien agreed to allow Palmo to live. Of course Ramien hadn’t kept his end of the bargain. 

Amberlee was a fool, but she was also young, and I sensed her heart wanted to do the right thing. The leader of The Order was Palmo’s father. Amberlee and Palmo were in love with each other, and the king of
Canaru
had used their love as a weapon. King Antyon would be punished for his betrayals. But, he’d been right about one thing. Amberlee and I weren’t siblings by blood. The throne of Alayeah didn’t belong to me, but to her. If—

“Alayeah is at war with
Canaru
and the country to the south,
Eloyinia
,” Amberlee spat, but I detected fear. She wanted my acceptance more than anything else. And she wanted my help. I realized with a heavy sadness I hadn’t ever given her a reason to believe I had her back, loved her. I would work hard to alter that.

“Go on,” I urged.

She cleared her throat. “It’s believed all the countries will take sides. We’re on the brink of another world war
.
What will be your first order as a
god
? Save us, or destroy us all?”

Afterword

Thank you so much for reading the first three stories in the Immortal Essence series. I hoped you enjoyed reading about the world of Kelari, the Gods, demons, hero’s and heroine’s of the stories. Venus is a character that’s dear to my heart. She tries really hard to be what everyone else wants her to be, yet still tries to stay true to
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