thing, Aria. I’ve met him, but I couldn’t tell you who he is or what he looks like. I remember parts of our meeting and him telling me to find the others and gather them. I can’t tell you the color of his eyes or hair. I can’t tell you what you are because I don’t know what I am either. I’m guessing I was spelled to forget the details.”
“Okay, so besides the episode of Who’s Your Daddy, we have shit to get done,” Sabine interrupted, hugging me. “I have missed you so much!”
“I missed you too,” I whispered, pulling back from her as Ember watched from within me. “Let’s build a new realm, shall we?” I suggested, lifting my eyes to them. “Who says women can’t rule the world?” Knox’s rattle sounded, and I smiled sadly, wanting to wrap my arms around him and send his pain below.
“You’re mated,” Siobhan whispered. “That’s a problem.”
“I couldn’t get the library without completing our mating bond, and I couldn’t be there when Knox figured out what role Hecate had played with his dead wife,” I snapped, turning angry eyes on Aurora, who frowned. “Glad you weren’t part of it.”
“How do you intend to build a new realm?” Esme asked.
“I have half of the library that holds the knowledge to create worlds. I moved books and items into this section that we would need to create landmasses. I needed to be mated to gain access to the vault. And this place? The library is a world of its own that isn’t connected to anything else. The problem is, Knox can get inside here once the barrier drops. We have one year to figure it out because this is our home until that clock runs out.”
I turned as Knox’s pained sounds echoed through the outside section I’d taken from the Library of Knowledge. Knox should have been happy I’d left him his portion, but since we were mated, and I wasn’t certain I wouldn’t go right back into heat, I wasn’t willing to lock him out completely.
The women moved deeper into our portion of the library, talking with excitement about the possibilities we would have as I leaned against the door. I felt my stomach clench while his pain whispered through me. I’d just turned a beast into an enraged monster, and the only way to face a monster was to become its equal in strength.
I’d reach Knox, not today, not tomorrow, but eventually. I’d break down the walls and make him understand that I wasn’t his enemy, or I’d die trying. And in the meantime, if I faced off with Hecate for her crown to end the unjust treatment of the people of the Nine Realms, I’d probably die trying to end her reign of terror, anyway.
~~Crown of Chaos Coming 2021~~
Nine Realms’ Compendium
Key Players in the Series
Knox Karnavious – King of Norvalla
Brander – Brother of Knox, full-blooded
Loren (Lore) – Brother of Knox, full-blooded
Faderin (Fade) – Brother to Knox, full-blooded
Gideon – Brother of Knox, full blooded
Mateo – Brother of Knox, full-blooded
Celia – Younger sister of Killian and Liliana, full blooded
Killian – Liliana and Celia’s brother and Knox’s best friend
Liliana – Deceased wife of Knox and sister to Killian and Celia
Greer – Friend, teacher, and butler to Knox, vampire
Hecate Bloodline Introduced So Far
Aria Primrose Hecate – Daughter of Frey
Freya – Daughter of Hecate and Aria’s mother, deceased
Aurora – Daughter of Hecate, sister to Freya who raised her kids.
Hysteria – Daughter of Hecate, deceased
Kamara – Daughter of Hecate, deceased
Hecate – Goddess of the House of Magic, in deep slumber
Amara – Daughter of Freya and Aria’s twin, deceased
Kinvara / Valeria – Daughters of Freya and succubi twins
Aine / Luna – Daughters of Freya and alpha werewolf twins
Sabine / Callista – Daughters of Freya and nymph twin
Reign / Rhaghana – Daughters of Freya, species unknown
Tieghan / Tamryn – Daughters of Freya and witches twins
Alpha Pack
Dimitri – King of the Wolves, pure-born alpha werewolf
Jasper – Pure-born werewolf, Fallon’s son, and Prince of the Alpha wolves, deceased
Fallon – Pure-born alpha wolf, King of the Wolves, deceased
Minotaurs
Gerald – King of the Kingdom of Unwanted Beasts, deceased
Garrett – Son of Gerald and newly crowned King of the Kingdom of Unwanted Beasts
Other People
Neven – The Queen of Nymphs
Karter – The King of the Nymphs
Ilsa – The High Queen of Witches
Esmeralda – Unmarked witch friend to Aria Hecate
Asil – Witch holding a stronghold against Knox for Ilsa
Tristan – Slumlord
Taren Oleander – The King of Gargoyle’s
Soraya – Witch that works for the High Queen of Witches and Julia’s sister
Julia – Witch controlled by Ilsa and Soraya’s sister
Siobhan – Marked witch under Knox’s rule
Bekkah – Marked witch under Knox’s rule
Aden – Unknown – Silver-haired male
Eva – Unknown – Silver-haired female
Lord Carter – One of Knox’s Lords
Lord Andres – One of Knox’s Lords
Items and More
Grimoire – A book of ancient spells
Scrying – The ability to search a map with magic to find a location.
White Oak Trees – Grown only in Norvalla in the Arcadian Forest of Knowledge
Frost fire – Ice from the Dark Mountains, appears as regular ice until it swallows up anything, or anyone it can touch. Unbreakable by anything other than witches fire, a spell that only rare witches can use. It was used to protect Norvalla from the Kingdom of Unwanted Beasts.
Midnight Blooming black roses – Grown in the darkest passes in the Dark Mountains. A rare type of rose that blossom’s in the icy snow caps of the mountain, holding a unique essence that witches covet.
Tonics – medicinal potions for healing
Gargoyles – Protectors of the Library of Knowledge
The visited lands within the Nine Realms to date
Dorcha –The Darkest Realm, realm in which Norvalla sits as capital
Norvalla – Knox’s Homeland
Kingdom of Unwanted Beasts – Realm that borders Norvalla
Kingdom of Vãkya – Aria’s homeland, where Ilsa currently resides within the Palace of Magic
Valley of the Dead – Land that borders between Vãkya and Dorcha
House of Magic – Formerly known as Kerrigan Keep, now Aria’s sanctuary below the ruins of a castle she claimed.
The Dark Mountains – The Mountain range bordering The Kingdom of Unwanted Beast and Norvalla’s high passes.
Library of Knowledge – An ever-changing room that only reveals its treasures to those it finds worthy of the knowledge it holds.
Beltane Circle – Bel’s temple, and circle where Beltane is celebrated to welcome new life.
About the Author
Amelia Hutchins is the number one national bestselling author of the Monsters, The Fae Chronicles, and Nine Realm series. She is an admitted coffee addict, who drinks magical potions of caffeine and turns them into magical worlds. She writes alpha-hole males and the alpha women who knock them on their arses, hard. She doesn’t write romance. She writes fast-paced books that go hard against traditional standards. Sometimes a story isn’t about the romance; it’s about rising to a challenge, breaking through them like wrecking balls, and shaking up entire worlds to discover who they really are. If you’d like to check out more of her work, or just hang out in an amazing tribe of people who enjoy rough men, and sharp women, join her at Author Amelia Hutchins Group on Facebook.
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Table of Contents
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-One
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