Blood of the Ancient Gods: The Beginning by Shakuita Johnson Read Free Book Online Page A

to know what they are up to. Don't fail me on this. I also need you to ask around and see what the other gods may know. Just poke around a bit but not too much that they start to ask questions. Keep it simple…just curious. I'm sure you have some contacts you can trust. And as far as sneaking into Domus goes I'm sure you can manage it if you wanted to. Now go!"
    Psyche could barely keep the annoyance off her face. She wasn't his bitch boy. She was tired of being treated like his beck and call girl. She had a life of her own. A boyfriend she hadn't seen in days and was missing something terrible. They had plans that didn't involve all the spy shit her father was talking about. But she was the good daughter…ever dutiful.
    "I'm on it. I'll check in when I have something worth sharing."
    Psyche was going to be late for her meeting with Eros. Luckily she was a goddess and she got to Virginia from the Underworld with a few minutes to spare. She could spot that curly haired, blonde, dimpled cutie anywhere. His angelic looks were hard to hide. They decided to meet in Virginia as a way to throw her father off. He thought she was in Missouri so that would be the first place he searched when looking for her. They had been seeing each other in secret for centuries.
    "There you are, beautiful! What took you so long?" Eros, the God of Love, asked.
    Psyche rolled her eyes and pursed her lips.
    "What else? My father. One day I'm just going to disappear and he'll never find me."
    "What does he have you working on now?"
    "Some humans that Loki and Eris are taking an interest in. You wouldn't know why would you?
    Psyche watched the confusion cross his face and knew he had no idea what she was talking about. Damn.
    "Who knows with those two? It could just be all fun and games with them. I've not been home for a few years so I'm not sure what's what anymore."
    "Would you tell me if you did?" Psyche asked. A cute little pout on her face.
    "Of course. I have no secrets from you. Now enough talk, woman. I've missed you."
    Psyche melted in Eros's embrace and forgot about anything but him for the next few hours. She'd figure out what was going on soon enough. She had plenty of time.

Chapter 8
    Loki walked in the dorm building like he knew exactly where he was going and in a sense he did. He would have to be careful and clever but the hardest part would be getting inside their room without raising suspicion. Hopefully Psyche wasn't home. Eris was out searching for her to ensure she didn't arrive home while he was extracting the girls. After finding the correct door he then paused to listen to see if he could feel Psyche's presence. With no tingling sensation coming from inside the door, he let himself in. It was very quiet and no lights were on anywhere. Good, they must be asleep and in the event they weren’t a little pulse of power to make sure they were wouldn't hurt.
    When he was sure they wouldn't wake up while he was moving them, he started in Lilia's room. The chamber room in Domus was already set up and all he had to do is move the girls from their beds to the glass cylinders. He did this one at a time. After he had Lilia inside her cylinder, he moved Veronica, then Tala. After they were inside, he locked the tubes so they couldn’t get out and made sure the air was getting in properly. It wouldn't do to kill the girls before they could even try to transform them. Happy with his work, he turned to find the other gods so they could get started.
    Hearing a noise behind him, he turned around. Veronica had awakened and was pounding and screaming on the glass. If she wasn’t careful, she'd break it and he didn't have time for that shit. Her screaming must have woken the other girls because before long they are all screaming and pounding on the glass. Walking over to their tubes, Loki looked inside with amusement. Recognition was instantaneous and they demanded to be let out.
    "Novo, what is going on? Let us out of these fucking tubes!" Tala