Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

by Kika Hatzopoulou

The wraiths came from the line of Furies. It clicked into place now, why Horatio Long had been sent to kill them. If the Moonset Riots had been an insidious scheme to end the line of Furies, then it made sense that the Nine’s premonitions would render the women a threat, no matter how weak their lineage might be.

Bianca flicked a silver lighter on, and the end of her cigarette blazed. She took a long puff and exhaled. “Why should I? Saint-Yves is Mayor and the Nine are dead. My girlfriend just abandoned me for the woman who condemned me to a slow death. I think I’m going to wait for my gang to arrive. Then we’re all going to raze this place to the ground.”

“I’ll make you a deal,” Io said steadily. “Help me find the gods, and I will help you punish them. How does that sound?”

“Come on, then,” the mob queen said. “Let’s bring down the gods.”