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• Strider: "Stridey-Man" - Keeper of Defeat; Is six-foot-five and muscular with golden skin; Has blond hair and navy blue eyes; His sapphire butterfly tattoo is on his right hip
• Kaia Skyhawk: "Kye" - "Red" (by Strider) - "Kaia the Disappointment" - Harpy; Bianka's twin; Gwen & Taliyah's sister; Tabitha's daughter; Has her sights set on Strider; A stunning, curvy redhead with gray-gold eyes; Over 1,500 years old; Her father is a Phoenix shifter
• Bianka Skyhawk: "Bee" - Harpy; Lysander's consort; Kaia's twin; Gwen & Taliyah's sister; Has luxurious black hair and shimmering amber eyes; Over 1,500 years old; Her father is a Phoenix shifter
• Lysander: "Lysandy" - Leader of elite warrior angels; Bianka's consort; Has white and gold wings; Is muscled and brawny with pale rosy skin and golden hair; Can create a sword of fire from nothing but air
• Gwen Skyhawk: "Gwennie" - formerly "Gwendolyn the Timid" - Half-Harpy; Sabin's wife; Kaia, Bianka & Taliyah's youngest sister; Galen's only daughter; Has a thick mass of blonde hair streaked with red and gray-gold eyes
• Sabin: "Sab" - Keeper of Doubt; Gwen's consort & husband; Leader of the Greek warriors; Has brown hair and ocher eyes; Is six-foot-seven and muscular
• Taliyah Skyhawk: "Taliyah the Cold-Hearted" - "Tal" - Harpy; Kaia, Bianka & Gwen's eldest sister; A mercenary; Is tall, slender and pale from head to toe; Has blonde hair and crystal blue eyes; Can materialize from mist and can shape-shift
• Tabitha Skyhawk: "Tabitha the Vicious" - Harpy; Kaia, Bianka, Gwen & Taliyah's mother; Juliette's mentor; Has tanned skin, black hair, amber-brown eyes and the delicate features of a china doll; Has lived for millennia but appears to be no more than 25 years old
• Paris: "Paris the Sexorcist" - Keeper of Promiscuity; Is six-foot-eight with an all-muscle frame; Is gorgeous with ocean-blue eyes and hair with differing shades of brown, from the darkest of midnight to the sweetest of honey; Has been addicted to ambrosia and fighting on a path of self destruction since losing Sienna; His life is dedicated to the quest of finding and saving her.
• Sienna Blackstone: Former Hunter; New keeper of Wrath; Only woman Paris has been able to sleep with more than once; Died in Paris' arms; Her spirit is being held by Cronus; Has dark hair, freckles and black wings growing out of her back
• Kane: Keeper of Disaster; Has brown, black and golden longish hair with hazel eyes
• Haidee Alexander: "Ex" short for "Demon Executioner" - "Hadiee" - "Hade-ay" - "Hay-dee" - Immortal; Amun's mate; Former Hunter; Was used as bait to trap Baden, keeper of Distrust; Has shoulder-length pale hair streaked with pink and gray eyes; Has a silver eyebrow ring and a full sleeve tattoo with faces, names & dates; For centuries was possessed by a small portion of the demon Hate
• Amun: Keeper of Secrets; Haidee's mate; Cannot speak out loud for fear the Demon will spew everyone's darkest thoughts; Has mocha-colored skin, inky hair and black eyes
• Baden: Keeper of Distrust; Had red hair; Was set up by Haidee and then killed by Hunters
• William: "William The Ever Randy" - "Liam" (ONLY by Gilly) - "Willy" - Sex-addicted immortal warrior; Friend of Anya; Lucifer's half-brother; Hades' son; Has black hair and blue eyes; Can see dead people; Used to rule purgatory until he escaped
• Gillian Shaw: "Gilly" - "Little Gilly Gumdrop" (ONLY by William) - Seventeen-year-old human female; Danika's friend; Has a crush on William; Has midnight hair and big, wide chocolate eyes; William's best friend
• Lucien: "The Grim Reaper" - Keeper of Death; Anya's fiancé; Leader of the Budapest warriors; Has a severely scarred face, shaggy black hair and mismatched eyes (one blue & one brown)
• Anya: Minor Goddess of Anarchy; Lucien's fiancée; Can start fires with her mind (among other things)
• Torin: "Tor" - Keeper of Disease; Has white hair and emerald green eyes
• Aeron: Former keeper of Wrath; Olivia's mate
• Olivia: Angel; Aeron's mate; Former demon assassin; Can see the dead
• Legion: Demon minion; Aeron's surrogate daughter; Was a horrible looking little demon that was given the body of a porn-star by Lucifer so that she could be tortured better while in hell; Has blonde hair
• Ashlyn Darrow: Add a description of this character.
• Maddox: Keeper of Violence; Ashlyn's husband
• Reyes: Keeper of Pain; Danika's man
• Danika Ford: Human; Reyes' woman; All-Seeing Eye
• Cameo: Keeper of Misery
• Gideon: Keeper of Lies; Scarlet's husband; Has blue hair and an eyebrow ring
• Scarlet: "Scar" - Keeper of Nightmares; Gideon's wife; Rhea's only daughter; A black-haired stunner; Is tall, slender and mean as hell
• Neeka Eagleshield: "Neeka the Unwanted" - Was stabbed in the ear as a child and is now deaf; Has mocha skin, soft jet hair, rich brown eyes and a few freckles dotting her nose; Taliyah's friend
• Zacharel: Warrior angel; Has dark hair, piercing green eyes and an expressionless face
• Juno: Harpy; Member of Team Kaia
• Tedra: Harpy; Member of Team Kaia
• Pandora: Immortal warrior to the Greek gods; Once guardian of dimOuniak; Deceased
• Klotho: One of the Three Fates; Spinner of the threads
• Lachesis: One of the Three Fates; Weaver of the threads
• Atropos: One of the Three Fates; Snipper of threads
• Irresponsibility: Demon of Irresponsibility; Housed in a female
• Arca: Messenger Goddess; Has long, braided white hair and wide blue eyes
• Viola: Minor Goddess of the Afterlife; Keeper of Narcissism; Rumored to be able to teach anyone to see the dead
• Mina: Goddess of Weaponry
• One, True Deity: Ruler of the angels
• Juliette Eagleshield: "Juliette the Eradicator" - Harpy; Kaia's nemesis; Her consort is Lazarus; Was trained by Tabitha Skyhawk; Is tall and toned with shoulder-length black hair and lavender eyes
• Lazarus: Imprisoned immortal consort of Juliette; Is very tall with inky hair and obsidian eyes
• Galen: Keeper of Hope; Leader of the Hunters; Gwen's father; Possibly Rhea's lover
• Cronus: King of the Titans; Keeper of Greed; Rhea's estranged husband
• Rhea: Queen of the Titans; Keeper of Strife; Scarlet's mother; Estranged wife of Cronus; Is helping Galen; Is missing
• Zeus: King of the Greeks; Zeus created the Lords as his personal guards; Now imprisoned in Tartarus
• Hera: Zeus' beloved queen; William's ex-lover
• Distrust: Is now inside a female Hunter
• Millicent: Harpy; A pretty blonde
• Vlad the Impaler: William's friend
• Lucifer: "Prince of Darkness" - "Luci" - The devil; Ruler of hell; William's half brother
• Hades: One of the rulers of Hell; William & Lucifer's father
• Typhon: Immortal; A giant with the head of a dragon and the body of a snake; His wings span the entire length of a football field and a never-ending abyss awaits in his eyes.
• Medusa: Most famed of the Gorgons
• Skye: Pseudodoctor; A blonde with delicate features that wears wire rimmed glasses; Married to a Hunter; Saved Haidee's life once
• Hate: Demigod; Keeper of Hate
• Duane: Hunter
• Dean Stefano: Hunter; Galen's right-hand man
• Diego: Hunter
• Markov: Hunter
• Sanders: Hunter
• Billy: Hunter

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• “"Your woman wears underwear out in public," Sabin said. "Must be nice, How'd you manage that little miracle?"”

  Sabin

• “Just try and leave. See what happens”

• “How disappointing. The one time she wanted her man to forget he had a brain, he remembered.”

  Kaia Skyhawk

• “Okay. I'll pretend I believe you. My name is Skye." "I'll call you Dr. Love Button." "And I'll have you castrated.”

  Skye and William

• “That's what he said." "That's what who said? What did he say?”

  Strider & Juliette

• “Humans had a saying. Mess with the bull and get the horns. Well, Harpies had a saying, too. Mess with a Harpy and die.”

  Kaia Skyhawk

• “A kind word will win you a smile, but who in their right mind wants to win a smile?”

  Tabitha Skyhawk

• “You can't really kill a human with kindness. You have to use a sword.”

  Tabitha Skyhawk

• “If you don't take the treasures and the males you want, you'll never get the treasures and the males you want.”

  Tabitha Skyhawk

• “I'm Not a Gynecologist, but I'll Take a Look.”

• “The best way to spell victory? K-I-L-L.”

  Strider

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• “That’s because I’m made of awesome.” “And dipped in awesome.” “And sprinkled with awesome.” “Gods, I love the taste of awesome.”

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• A kind word will win you a smile, but who in their right mind wants to win a smile?”

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• he wore a T-shirt that said I’m Not a Gynecologist, but I’ll Take a Look.

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• “You can’t really kill a human with kindness. You have to use a sword.”

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• “I’m surprised you won a fearsome Lord of the Underworld,” Tabitha said. “I’m not,” Kaia replied with a shrug. “I’m pretty much made of awesome.”

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• “First, I didn’t compliment her. Second, she looks like she eats other people’s hopes and dreams for breakfast, and not just because they’re tasty. That’s not attractive. Third, you look like you sprung from other people’s hopes and dreams. I couldn’t—can’t—believe you’re related.”

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• “You are mine, and I am yours. We are one. From this moment, we are one.”

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• “If you don’t take the treasures and the males you want, you’ll never get the treasures and the males you want.”

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• The one with hands spotted by age—Klotho, he knew from the legends surrounding them—spun the threads. The one with gnarled fingers, Lachesis, wove the strands together, and the one with pupil-less eyes, Atropos, snipped the ends.

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• “Scotty Doesn’t Know” by Lustra, one of his favorite songs

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Budapest, Hungary: "Buda"
• Anchorage, Alaska
• Anchorage Police Departmnet
• Titania: "Olympus" was renamed by Cronus
• New York
• Nebraska
• Rome
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: "Brew City"
• Temple of the Fates
• Land of Cinder: Home of the Phoenix race
• Crazy Abel's: A bar
• The Odynia: "Hera's Garden of Goodbyes"
• Tartarus: Immortal prison on Mount Olympus

Organizations edit see section history

• Lords of the Underworld: Exiled immortal warriors to the Greek gods who now house demons inside them; To be separated from their demons would be to die
• Four Horsemen: Consist of three males and one female; Created by William when he purged some evil from within himself.
• Greeks: Former rulers of Olympus, now imprisoned in Tartarus
• Hunters: Mortal enemies of the Lords of the Underworld; Humans lead by Galen
• Titans: Current rulers of Olympus
• Unspoken Ones: Reviled gods; Prisoners of Cronus

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Glossary edit see section history

• All-Seeing Eye: One of the four Godly Aftifacts with the power to see into heaven and hell
• Bait: Human females; Hunters' accomplices
• Cage of Compulsion: One of the four Godly Aftifacts with the power to enslave anyone who's trapped inside
• Cloak of Invisibility: One of the four Godly Aftifacts with the power to shield it's wearer from prying eyes
• dimOuniak: "Pandora's Box" - Was guarded by Pandora; Housed the demons that even hell could not contain
• Gorgon: Immortal with snakes for hair and the power to turn man to stone with only a glance
• Moirai: "The Three Fates" - Three immortal females who weave destiny
• Paring Rod: One of the four Godly Aftifacts; Container of souls and granter of abilities
• Phoenix: An immortal with the power of fire and the ability to raise the dead from its ashes
• Warrior Angels: Heavenly demon assassins

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Darkest Secret, and followed by The Darkest Seduction.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Gena Showalter (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexually Explicit Content, Violence

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost

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