A Queen Among Tempests (Book 7 in the Gods' Saga)

\[Author's Note: Hello! And welcome to the 7th book in the Queen Among Series, the first half of the Gods' Saga. This book is a continuation of the previous books, so if you haven't read them, i strongly suggest doing so, or a great deal of plot, character development and mythology will not make sense, and should you choose to read the previous books after, you will find many of their plots spoiled by reading this book first. Here is a quick list of the books in the series and the correct order to read them in:

A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 (also available in print along with my novel Codename: Blackheart)

Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel (available under book 1)

A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2

A Queen Among Blood - Book 3

A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4

Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off (available under book 1)

A Queen Among Tides - Book 5

Valor, Virtue, and Verve - Tides Prequel Spin-off (will be available under book 5)

A Queen Among Gods - Book 6

Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel (will be available under book 2)

A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

Dark Vocation - Darkness spin-off (will be available under book 4)

A Court of Arcane Souls Anthology (side character short stories exclusive to Ream)

Royal Shadow Series (Next Generation portion of the Gods' Saga Coming Soon)

With that said, on with the book!\]

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Stepping out of the restaurant, a cold chill rattles my bones. I wrap my arms tightly around myself to keep myself warm. Of all the nights to forget my jacket. Thank God the restaurant was heated.

“If you’re up for it, there’s one final place I want to show you,” announces my date. I smile over at him, taking in the excitement on his face. This date has been so wonderful that I’m not in a hurry for it to end.

“Are you going to tell me, or is it a surprise?”

“Definitely a surprise,” he grins.

He takes my hand and begins leading me down the street. Suddenly he gives me a playful smile and starts picking up the pace, pulling me along with him. Feeding off his enthusiasm I let out a chuckle and start jogging along with him. These are not the shoes for this kind of activity, so hopefully, we don’t have to go much further.

Anthony pulls me down one of the side, cobbled streets and I immediately think he’s leading me towards some trendy, underground establishment. Some of the best places in Melbourne are hidden down various side streets you’d never think to check out because frankly, most side streets in the city look like dodgy alleys.

We make it about halfway down when Anthony suddenly presses me up against the brick wall and leans in to kiss me. I quickly turn my face away and raise my arms to put space between us.

“What the hell are you doing?” I snap in shock.

He smiles confidently, pressing himself against me, “Giving you what we both know you want.”

He leans in to kiss me again but this time I shove him as hard as I can, adrenaline giving me strength I couldn’t be more grateful for in this moment. The surprise is enough to get him off balance and put more space between us.

“You think I want to be dragged down some city side street so you can make out with me against a wall? What the fuck is wrong with you?” I spit incredulously.