Terror at the Gates (Blood of Lilith, #1)

by Scarlett St. Clair

“He saw what Eryx and Ashur had created and wanted it for himself. There was a battle, and the Messiah was bound in chains. As his execution neared, the Messiah promised knowledge if humankind would aid in his rescue. They conspired and forged a blade, the Deliverer, which cut through his chains and burned with fire. He used it against Eryx and Ashur and drove them behind the Seventh Gate, where they were trapped beneath a net over which the Messiah summoned peaks of great stone. With the true gods defeated, the Messiah ruled, but the knowledge he had promised was never given. Over time, he grew bored. He abandoned us. After that, man saw an opportunity. They made rules for humankind and appointed men to measure morality and choose ethics. They made claims that this was the knowledge the Messiah had imparted, that he’d lived among us so long only to choose those worthy enough to carry his message. These men—these prophets—they were the descendants of Eryx and Ashur, the ones you now call the Elohai.”