SIENNA BLACKSTONE: Keeper of Wrath. Queen of the Greek gods. Wavy brown hair, hazel eyes and overly full lips. Lots of freckles her husband, Paris, is particularly obsessed with licking. Black wings rise above her shoulders and end in sharp tips perfect for slicing an enemy to ribbons. A black butterfly tattoo surrounds the base of the wings. Her blood is liquid ambrosia.
ASHLYN DARROW: From North Carolina. Light brown hair, honey-colored skin and eyes. 5’5". Only twenty-four years old when she met Maddox. Wherever she stands, she hears every conversation that has ever taken place there. Worked as a para-audiologist for the World Institute of Parapsychology since the age of five. After breaking Maddox’s curse, her life span bonded to his. She is the mother to twins Ever and Urban.
DANIKA FORD: All-seeing Eye. A blonde with green eyes and freckles. An artist. Once the Hunters recruited her as Bait, hoping she would kill the Lords, but she mated to Reyes instead. She is a portal into both heaven and hell, and one of the four keys needed to find Pandora’s box.
KEELEYCAEL: A Curator. The Red Queen. Known as Keeley to her friends. Her appearance changes with the seasons. Winter: blue hair, skin and eyes. Autumn: red hair with brown streaks, amber-gold eyes, peaches-and-cream skin. Summer: blond hair, blue eyes, tanned skin. Spring: white skin, light pink hair with green chunks framing her face, and blue eyes. Once engaged to Hades. Now married to Torin.
OLIVIA: Once a Sent One. A joy-bringer for her charges—now a joy-bringer for her husband, Aeron. Has long wavy brown hair and sky-blue eyes. Pale skin. Her wings were cut from her back. She was given a new pair, but they only pop from the slits in her back with strong emotion.
GWENDOLYN SKYHAWK: Harpy known as Gwendolyn the Timid. Long red hair with blond streaks. Eyebrows are dark auburn. Eyes are amber with sparkling gray striations. Button nose. Petite. Twenty-seven years old. Raspy voice. Raised in Alaska. Was imprisoned by Hunters for a year. Mated to Sabin. Youngest sister of Bianka, Taliyah and Kaia. Daughter of Tabitha and Galen.
KAIA SKYHAWK: Harpy. Bright red hair. Golden eyes mixed with gray. Twin of Bianka. Sister of Taliyah and Gwen. Daughter of Tabitha and a Phoenix. Works as a mercenary. Formerly known as Kaia the Disappointment, now known as Kaia the Wing-Shredder. Married to Strider. When she goes Harpy, she has an azure glow and her eyes turn red and black. She controls fire.
KATARINA JOELLE: Once a human, but now the immortal Alpha of Hellhounds. Her father was black, her mother white; both are deceased. She has dark hair and gray-green eyes. She’s tall and slender with delicate features. Known as “Rina” to her mate, Baden.
Top Ten Hellhound Rules
for Humans
Do not, under any circumstances, refer to a Hellhound as a “dog.” “Warrior” is always appropriate. So is “Master.”
What you eat, your Hellhound eats. When you eat, your Hellhound eats. When you don’t eat, your Hellhound eats.
Every time you issue a command, you get bit. It’s a rule. Deal with it.
If a Hellhound wakes you in the middle of the night simply to lick your face, say thank you. You’re still alive.
Where you sleep, a Hellhound sleeps. The floor is NEVER acceptable.
If a Hellhound barks or growls to get your attention, say thank you. You still have your limbs.
Strike the words “sit,” “stay” and “good boy” from your vocabulary. Forever.
If a Hellhound tells you to “sit,” “stay” or calls you a “good boy” say thank you. Your face hasn’t been used as a chew toy. Yet.
What belongs to you belongs to your Hellhound. What belongs to your Hellhound belongs to your Hellhound.
The term “bath time” will now be referred to as “the day you die badly.”
The Who’s Who to Whom
Aeron—Lord of the Underworld; former keeper of Wrath; husband to Olivia
All-key—a spiritual relic capable of opening any lock
All-seeing Eye—Godly artifact with the power to see into heaven and Hell
Amun—Lord of the Underworld; keeper of Secrets; husband to Haidee
Anya—(minor) goddess of Anarchy, engaged to Lucien
Ashlyn Darrow—human female with supernatural ability; wife to Maddox; mother of Urban and Ever
Axel—Sent One with a secret
Baden—Lord of the Underworld; former keeper of Distrust; companion to Destruction (newly resurrected); husband to Katarina
Bait—human females, Hunters’ accomplices
Bianka Skyhawk—Harpy, sister of Gwen, Taliyah and Kaia; wife to Lysander
Bjorn—Sent One
Black—one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse; child of William
Cage of Compulsion—Godly artifact with the power to enslave anyone trapped inside