The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods & Monsters, #2)

by Amber V. Nicole

Days turned to months as we searched for the relic. Angry glares transformed into heated stares, arguments transformed into laughs, and that spark between us turned into searing flames.

Our hate for each other faded, replaced by something far deadlier and far sweeter.

“This is how the world ends,” the fate had whispered, and I was going to show them just how right fate was.

Let Dianna’s villain era commence

I stared at the empty night sky, watching her dark wings beat across the sky, her sleek form disappearing into the roiling clouds. Away from me. “You promised,” I whispered as the sirens continued to wail.

So, no, Samkiel was who I was, who I would forever be, and Liam died with whatever part of Dianna’s heart fractured that night.

No no no no no

Vincent gave the thin man behind me a hard stare. He adjusted his glasses and flipped through the tablet he carried everywhere. “I swear they picked their own questions, my liege. I would never…” he paused, “I’ll fix it.”

Vincent gives me backstabber vibes. Or am I just traumatized?

“Why am I just now hearing of this?” I asked with a frown, looking between the two. Logan cleared his throat. “Vincent thought it was a pointless lead on yet another dead end, but once I saw the graph, I knew I was on the right track.”

Calling it now. Vincent is a rat.

It’s been weeks. Two, to be exact.” She half turned, brushing a stray hair from her face. “You counted?” “I count every second you’re gone.”

“When I burn this world to embers, and you paint me as the villain, remember, I really did try to be good… once.”

Mer-Ka was my birth name. Ain was Gabby’s, and Eoria was the home where we knew peace so long ago.

Years of war had steeled my stomach to gruesome atrocities, but seeing her so casually holding the head of Ethan’s wife in her palm had my gut twisting.

The rings on my hands vibrated, sensing a growing threat. But it wasn’t a threat. It was Dianna. My Dianna.

She is still the girl who likes flowers and pretty gifts from overbearing god kings. She is sweet, kind, funny, and loves with her entire being. That’s why she is like this. She’s hurt. She’s in pain. If you love her, truly love her, don’t give up. True love is worth it. It’s worth fighting for. Remember that.”

“Look at that. Gods do know how to bow.” “If you wanted me on my knees, Dianna, all you had to do was ask. You know that.”

Daddy Oblivion is that you

stop following me like a lost fucking puppy!” “What does that even mean?” “It means stop talking to me like we’re suddenly friends again because we are not.” “Great. I despise that word. I wish to be so much more than friends.”

I’m starting to think the violence is foreplay for you.” “We both know that’s not what I like.” “It’s not?” He stepped closer, encompassing me in his warmth and scent. “Come home and teach me what you do like.”

she was mine, and she held a part of me no one had touched before.

I do not take kindly to those who attack me,” I said, my voice deepening to a low growl. Or her.

I spun toward Vincent, my voice booming. “You called them!” Vincent took a step back, his eyes widening as he held his hands palms out. Logan flanked my side. “No, no, I didn’t. I swear it.” He had to be lying because I had not summoned them, but The Hand had returned.

“If they find you insufficient to rule, they have what they need to hold a god, and then Vincent fully takes over with them at his side.”

Vincent you’re getting on my damn nerves

“Always with the tone of surprise. There is no place in this world or the next that you can hide from me, akrai.”

We can do this dance until this world burns and the next takes its place, but I will still choose you.”

“Do it.” I angled the tip of her blade above my heart. “If you are truly gone, I refuse to live in a world without you, so you’ll have to angle it farther to the right. That’s where a god’s heart lies, and mine already belongs to you, so do with it what you will.”

“You can’t hurt me anymore with words, Dianna. I know the heart that still beats beneath your breast. I’ve held it. You might as well surrender now because you cannot scare me away. You never could.”

she’s burned into my soul, my very being.

“You caught me?” It was a whispered question as if she couldn’t believe it. “Always.”

My hand whipped out to slap him, but he caught my wrist. “I hate you.” He stepped closer and leaned in until his nose was an inch from mine. “I. Don’t. Care.”

“I would have followed you anywhere, Dianna. All you had to do was ask.

My hand whipped out again, only this time it connected. I slapped him hard enough to make my palm and wrist sting. I knew he’d sensed it and could have stopped it, yet he hadn’t. “I hate you.” “That’s good.” He lifted my hand and pressed a kiss to my palm.

gods, Dianna, you could’ve used me. I would have let you, and you know it. Anything you desired, whenever you wanted, any way you wished. All you have to do is ask.”

“You’re a fool if you think I would be happy in a world where you did not exist.”

Remember that I love you. Always - Gabby P.S. Because I know you, be nicer to Liam.

Sobbing is an understatement

Vincent pushed from the wall. “So what? She destroys a city or two, takes lives, and then gets a vacation in a castle you’ve rebuilt for her?”

And then all of a sudden i hear this agitating voice

And a lock on a door in a house rattled.

Samkiel never got mad, at least not with me, and I had tried to kill him multiple times.

I would turn mountains to sand to find you. I’ve reduced worlds to desolate wastes before, and I’d do it again for you.”

I didn’t feel so empty when he was around. And a lock on a door in a house rattled.

Ahhhhhh what does this mean

I would bring his head back to Rashearim on a spike for her as a gift.

“There is nothing in my system from Dianna that I’d wish to remove. The thought of just being a simple fuck to her makes me wish to get disemboweled repeatedly. That would hurt less.”

“Your smile, Dianna, is only one of the most beautiful things about you.”

“Do you always flirt with homicidal killers?”

“No one comes here. It’s yours if you wish it.” “A whole beach?” I shook my head. “You’d give me a whole beach?” “The world, if you wish.”

something shifted between us. A piece that had been missing fell back into place. It was something cosmic, and I thought I heard fate whisper to me.

He makes me happy, and I don’t feel so alone when I am with them, and I’m… I’m sorry.” And a lock on a door in a house… quieted.

I’d wished for Dianna to laugh again, and hearing it now was music to my soul. What a beautiful sound. If only the gods could bottle it up, I’d get drunk off of it every night.

“You’re cute when you’re homicidal.”

“Do not be mean, then flirt with me.” “Why? It’s our whole dynamic.”

“Kings don’t beg.” His hips thrust helplessly. “I will for you.”