Unchained: An Eternal Guardians Novella
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Authors: Elisabeth Naughton
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Unchained
An Eternal Guardians Novella
By Elisabeth Naughton
1001 Dark Nights
Unchained
An Eternal Guardians Novella
By Elisabeth Naughton
1001 Dark Nights
Copyright 2016 Elisabeth Naughton
ISBN: 978-1-942299-54-7
Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose
Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.
This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.
Unchained
An Eternal Guardians Novella
By Elisabeth Naughton
PROMETHEUS –
One of the keenest Titans to ever walk the earth. Until, that is, his weakness for the human race resulted in his imprisonment.
For thousands of years, Prometheus’s only certainty was his daily torture at Zeus’s hand. Now, unchained by the Eternal Guardians, he spends his days in solitude, trying to forget the past. He’s vowed no allegiance in the war between mortal and immortal, but when a beautiful maiden seeks him out and begs for his help, he’s once again powerless to say no. Soon, Prometheus is drawn into the very conflict he swore to avoid, and, to save the maiden’s life, he must choose sides. But she has a secret of her own, and if Prometheus doesn’t discover what she’s hiding in time, the world won’t simply find itself embroiled in a battle between good and evil, it will fall in total domination to Prometheus’s greatest enemy.
Before topping multiple bestseller lists--including those of the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal--Elisabeth Naughton taught middle school science. A voracious reader, she soon discovered she had a knack for creating stories with a chemistry of their own. The spark turned into a flame, and Naughton now writes full-time. Besides topping bestseller lists, her books have been nominated for some of the industry's most prestigious awards, such as the RITA® and Golden Heart Awards from Romance Writers of America, the Australian Romance Reader Awards, and the Golden Leaf Award. When not dreaming up new stories, Naughton can be found spending time with her husband and three children in their western Oregon home. Learn more at
www.ElisabethNaughton.com
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Eternal Guardians
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Firebrand Series
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Against All Odds Series
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Aegis Series
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Deadly Secrets Series (starting July 2016)
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Stolen Series
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FOREVER WICKED
by Shayla Black
CRIMSON TWILIGHT
by Heather Graham
CAPTURED IN SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart
SILENT BITE: A SCANGUARDS WEDDING
by Tina Folsom
DUNGEON GAMES
by Lexi Blake
AZAGOTH
by Larissa Ione
NEED YOU NOW
by Lisa Renee Jones
SHOW ME, BABY
by Cherise Sinclair
ROPED IN
by Lorelei James
TEMPTED BY MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian
THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice
CARESS OF DARKNESS
by Julie Kenner
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TAME ME
by J. Kenner
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WICKED WOLF
by Carrie Ann Ryan
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE HAUNTING
by Heather Graham
EASY WITH YOU
by Kristen Proby
MASTER OF FREEDOM
by Cherise Sinclair
CARESS OF PLEASURE
by Julie Kenner
ADORED
by Lexi Blake
HADES
by Larissa Ione
RAVAGED
by Elisabeth Naughton
DREAM OF YOU
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
STRIPPED DOWN
by Lorelei James
RAGE/KILLIAN
by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright
DRAGON KING
by Donna Grant
PURE WICKED
by Shayla Black
HARD AS STEEL
by Laura Kaye
STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian
ALL HALLOWS EVE
by Heather Graham
KISS THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice
DARING HER LOVE
by Melissa Foster
TEASED
by Rebecca Zanetti
THE PROMISE OF SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart
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THE SURRENDER GATE
By Christopher Rice
SERVICING THE TARGET
By Cherise Sinclair
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1001 Dark Nights story
The First Night
by Lexi Blake & M.J. Rose
One Thousand and One Dark Nights
Once upon a time, in the future…
I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.
I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and
the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast
library at my father’s home and collected thousands
of volumes of fantastic tales.
I learned all about ancient races and bygone
times. About myths and legends and dreams of all
people through the millennium. And the more I read
the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered
that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually
become part of them.
I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher
and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I
would not be telling you this tale now.
But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off
with bravery.
One afternoon, curious about the myth of the
Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to
see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar
(Persian:
شهريار,
“king”) married a new virgin, and then
sent yesterday's wife to be beheaded. It was written
and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,
the vizier's daughter, he’d killed one thousand
women.
Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived
in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged
places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had
never occurred before and that still to this day, I
cannot explain.
Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have
taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can
protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to
protect herself and stay alive.
Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.
And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a
point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.
And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that
he might hear the rest of my dark tale.
As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new
one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before
you now.
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There is the heat of love,
the pulsing rush of longing,