J. Bree

"The gods live among us. I thought that the death of the man who tortured me, broke me, and then hunted me to the ends of the earth would be the end of our fight; but it's only the beginning. After thousands of years of being apart, our god-bonds are reunited once again, and they're not ready to go down without a fight. They've woken up hungry. All of the research in the world couldn't have prepared us for what's to come, the enemies and wars fought over millennia. Now, we're being forced to act, but this time, we have the advantage. This time, we're Bonded. Are we strong enough to survive the gods and their plans? Will we ever live in the peaceful world we've fought so hard for, or is history doomed to repeat itself?"--Cover.

Unbroken Bonds

Anna Stewart

I watch as one by one, the god-bonds awaken, the vessels falling unconscious under our enemy's attack. Eyes rolling back into their heads until they turn black. the voids wiping out the human life until we're standing around our Bonded as a living, breathing shield, filled with the souls of the dead, a gift of power from our Bonded. There's 

Gryphon's hand isn't cupping the side of my neck like it usually is.

He's gripping my throat the same way that he would when we're alone, when he's whispering filthy demands and observations into my ear as his hips drive his cock into my body.

"I would never harm you. I couldn't even if I wanted to. You're 

"Soothsayer. It's been an age, or maybe even three, since I last saw you. I was kind of hoping I wouldn't run into you in this lifetime. I'd rather deal with the shadow boys than 

A very inappropriate giggle tries to burst out of my lips at the very idea of someone calling North and Nox 'shadow boys'. I know that if I look at either of them right now, I will lose the fight and dissolve into a fit of laughter. 

"I don't even have to guess or hear your voice to know which one you are. You two always did come in pairs, as much tied to each other as you are to the Eternal. What stroke of insane luck did you all have to arrive together? Or was it some sort of black magic you've found and won't share? How does it feel to be the luckiest sons of bitches to ever cycle?"

I have no idea what any of that means, but Nox's bond clearly does. 

It cocks its head in that same way they all have. "Patience and unerring devotion is all it took. The rest of you have spent too long fighting amongst yourselves and not enough time looking for what you really need. The Eternal is mine. I return for my Bonded."

"That is the difference between this time and last. This time, we're going to survive this. All of us. I'm not going to kill the vessel. I'm going to use it to keep you forever."

"We return for the Eternal. We return because it calls out to us. The thought of a lonely existence for my Bonded is unthinkable. While the Eternal returns, so shall we."

"There is no use being here unless we're together. There is no me without you."

"I waited for you. We all waited for this lifetime, for these vessels... and for you. You are as vital to me as the bond within you. Without question, I see that clearly now."

It's nothing I haven't seen a hundred times before and touched and tasted and worshiped in my own way, but it's still a sight to see.

Gryphon always has been too perfect for words. 

Unbroken Bonds quotes

Join the club