Underworld (25 page)
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eath has her in his clutches. She doesn’t want him to let go.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she’d be forced to live forever in the one place she’s always dreaded most: the Underworld.
The sacrifice seemed worth it, though, because it meant she could be with the boy she loves.
But now her happiness — and safety — in the realm over which John rules are threatened, all because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules: He revived a human soul.
Now, if the balance between life and death isn’t restored, both the Underworld and Pierce’s home back on earth will be wiped away by the Furies’ wrath … and not even a necklace forged by an ancient god can stop them. This time, the Furies are out for blood — and they’d prefer John’s, if they can get it.
But if all they want is a life for a life, Pierce is willing to volunteer her own. John won’t hear of it, but Pierce has already cheated death once before. What’s she got to lose?
Except her life … and, if she fails, the thing she loves more than anything else in this world, or the next:
John.
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