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Parting is such a sweet sorrow....

She never wanted to be parted from this beautiful child, and the intensity of that conviction shook her. After placing the sleeping infant down into the cot, she stood near the bedside and closed her hands around the smooth wood edge.

What was happening to her? She was losing her mind, most probably. Centuries of living on Earth were getting to her, finally. She had gone off her rocker.

Her knuckles paled as she clenched the wood harder.

A baby. What would she do with a baby? She had zero maternal instincts, and on top of knowing she could never bear a life as she was an aberration born to a Greek god and a maenad, the desire for offspring had never hit her.

So why, and how, could this sudden change have happened? Séraphine deserved better, surely. A mother who knew what she was doing. Two parents who loved her. Growing up knowing of her heritage. What did Adri have to offer except for a cushy lifestyle?

Shreds of ice-cold dread wrapped themselves around her, and she shivered.

Please. Somebody help me....

And then, as if in answer to her plea, soft, mellow warmth radiated all over her.

Adri spun around, but the room was empty. So how come she felt such a soothing presence behind her? As if someone had her back, someone who was there to calm her all the way and reinforce that she had what it took to do the job. To be a good mother to this baby girl.

If she closed her eyes, she could almost imagine a big, strong man pulling her back against his chest as he closed his gentle arms around her, ensconcing her in his protective embrace.

Adri took a deep breath, and when she blinked around the room again, nothing but emptiness greeted her.

Something urged her to look down, and as she peered at the cot, she found Séraphine looking up at her with big, blue-grey eyes wide open and that adorable cupid bow mouth curled in a little smile.

The soft, fleeting warmth she had felt minutes earlier returned, and suddenly, she knew without a doubt she would be—she
was
—the mother of this child.

Séraphine “Sera” Dionysios.

One question tumbled around in her head.
Who are you really, little one?

But for now, the only thing she reckoned, and that she needed to know, was that she had a daughter.

The rest would follow.

 

THE END

Like this prequel?

Check out Sera’s prequel:

S
ERAPHINE (Eternelles: A Prequel, Book 0.5)

http://www.amazon.com/S%C3%A9raphine-Eternelles-Prequel-Book-ebook/dp/B00D45RC6I/

 

Also, read more about Sera and Adri in the Eternelles series. Find INESCAPABLE (Eternelles: The Beginning, Book 1) and subsequent books at all major online retailers.

 

 

INESCAPABLE on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Inescapable-Eternelles-Beginning-Book-ebook/dp/B00CNBW1XS/

 

 

 

COMING
IN 2013

 

Indomitable

Eternell
es

Book 2

 

A war is coming...

 

Immortal Adrasteia 'Adri' Dionysios has looked Death in the face...and realised her own father wants her perdition. Two-thousand-nine-hundred years after, Greek god Dionysos is finally here to exact his revenge on his unlikely offspring. But Adri has more pressing matters to attend to. Her daughter appears to be the unwilling key at the heart of a plot to open the
Shadow Bridge portal and let Evil return to Earth, and the creature she has given her heart to isn't playing a spotless game, either.

 

Seraphine 'Sera' Dionysios awakens to the reality that she must take her destiny into her own hands. If only she could come out alive and unscathed from the prophecy she finds herself embroiled in, and if her mother would finally cut the umbilical cord... Not to mention that her maker has decided the time has come to claim her, and he is staking his territory by winning her body and her soul little by little.

 

Unknown forces are at work to breach the portal and release a bloodthirsty kind that will enslave humanity and all other supernatural races. Besides, twin witches who can bring on the Apocalypse risk making their appearance, too. The world will come crashing down—unless Adri and Sera can stop the deviant plot before it's too late.

 

 

About the Autho
rs

 

Zee Monodee

 

Author, smitten wife, in-over-her-head mum to a tween boy, best-buddy stepmum to a teenage lad, bookaholic, incompetent housewife desperate to channel Bree van de Kamp & Nigella Lawson (and failing miserably!)...

 

Zee hails from the multicultural, rainbow-nation island of Mauritius, in the southern Indian Ocean. Shamelessly addicted to Supernatural, Glee, and Gossip Girl, she did put her brain to good use by getting a degree in Communications Science. Romance remains her big love, though, and she likes nothing more than writing strong, kick-arse heroines.

 

Other books by Zee Monodee:

 

Once Upon A... series (multicultural 1NightStand @Decadent Publishing)

Once Upon A Stormy Night

Once Upon A Second Chance

 

Corpus Brides series (espionage/romantic suspense thrillers)
Walking The Edge
Before The Morning

 

Find out more about Zee and her work at http://zeemonodee.blogspot.com.

 

 

Natalie G. Owens

 

Pink velvet and black lace. Light and darkness. A world of contrasts exists in
Natalie’s stories because every rose has its thorn. Her favorite stories to write are romances with a dark edge featuring brooding heroes, strong heroines, and a good dash of fantasy.

 

Married, with one son, she now calls the beautiful island of Malta home after eleven good years in Atlanta, GA. When she’s not working or writing—or muttering to myself about it like a batty old maid—she enjoys spending time with family and friends (both online and offline), reading, cooking, watching a good movie, taking trips, and ogling shoe store displays.

 

Other books by Natalie G. Owens:

 

The Valthreans series (paranormal romance)

An Eternity of Roses

A Lifetime for Revenge (coming in 2013)

 

Moonlight Dating series

Something to Live for

Everything to Lose

 

Find out more about Natalie and her work at http://www.nataliegowens.com.

 

 

 

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