Summoning Destiny: A Divine Resonance Novelette Read online

  I rushed to Dominic. He pushed the body on the fallen Inquisitor off him and sat up with a moan.

  My heart felt like it was in my throat. “Are you all right?”

  He rubbed his neck and his voice came out hoarse. “Yeah.” He shot me a glare. “You were supposed to run.”

  “I’m not good with directions, if you haven’t noticed.” I took his wrists and unlocked the cuffs. “Besides, where would you be now if I had?”

  Xavier approached with the Inquisitor at his side. “I think many of us would be dead. We owe you our gratitude.”

  I tried to shrug it off even though a sense of elation rose in my chest. “It was nothing.”

  “No need to be modest. You’re quite the witch. A true boon to us.” Xavier looked to the Inquisitor and pointed to Victor. “Take him away. His body shall be burned and the ashes buried in an unknown grave. His family name shall be stricken from the Order.”

  The Inquisitor dragged Victor’s body through the side door. An old witch knelt next to Larissa and Aaron, applying pressure to the wound on Aaron’s chest. Several witches and Warlocks had started binding the fallen witches and warlocks who had been possessed. They weren’t all dead after all.

  “Dominic Rizel. Ava.” Xavier paused as if trying to recall my last name. He never would. “As the true murderer has confessed and been judged, you have been found innocent. You are free to go.”

  With that Xavier strode to a wounded witch and began tending to her.

  “Looks like I saved the day,” I said.

  “Indeed. Quite amazing.” He stared at Aaron who was picking up the middle chair belonging to the High Warlock. “If only I had been as good.”

  I rested my hand on his shoulder. “You couldn’t have been with your father every moment and he had protections that were supposed to keep him safe.”

  He turned from the High Council table. “A lot of good they did him.”

  “At least we brought his murderer to justice and stopped a hostile takeover,” I said.

  He gave me a rueful smile. “You did that.”

  “I couldn’t have if you hadn’t saved me from that ker, twice,” I said. “And summoning the Fates was your idea. We make a good team.”

  He brushed a stray lock of hair from my face. “We should continue as one.”

  I took his hand in mine. “Well, let’s start here. I think the Council is going to need someone to keep them organized.”

  Three Months Later

  I stood in the antechamber of the High Council chambers and straightened Dominic’s robe. He closed his eyes and exhaled a deep breath.

  “You’ll do great,” I said. “You’ll be the best damn High Warlock there ever was.”

  He smiled down at me. “That’s because you’ll be by my side, and the little one.”

  His hand touched the swell of my stomach. I intertwined my fingers with his. A few weeks after Victor had been executed, I’d discovered I was pregnant. Dominic had been elated and had proposed in that moment.

  I didn’t know what the future held, and I didn’t plan on looking. In fact, I’d put away my crystal ball. I still kept Tyche around, for luck, but my fortune telling days were over. I would focus on now.

  “I love you,” Dominic said.

  “And I you. Whatever comes, I always will.” I pulled his mouth down to mine and kissed him. “Now let’s go claim our kingdom.”

  Dominic took my hand, and together we walked through the door to our destiny.

  Thanks for reading!

  Want to keep up with my latest releases and get a free novelette? Sign up for my Newsletter!

  If you enjoyed the story and wish to read more in the Divine Resonance world, please check out the first in the series:

  THE PANDORA PRINCIPLE

  Kissed by Fire. Bound by Fate.

  Goodbye friends, goodbye once-in-a-lifetime interviews with trailblazing social media hot shots, and hello fate, danger, and death.

  Cassi Wayne’s life takes a turn for the worse when her aunt turns up, demanding she return home and take her place as the latest in a long line of daimon-hunting, god-slaying descendants of Pandora.

  A proud lineage of paranormal soldiers straight out of Greek mythology, Cassi’s family has no time for a rebel who’s fighting tooth and nail to keep hold of her new, normal life. But as she struggles to live, learn, and maybe even love, Cassi is about to discover that she’s closer to danger than she ever imagined—a danger that may not leave her, or her friends, any kind of future at all.

  USA Today bestselling author Noree Cosper pits yesterday against tomorrow, fate against love, and girl against daimon. Kissed by fire, bound by fate, Cassi is about to find out exactly who she is.

  Dive into this modern Greek myth that lovers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Laurell K. Hamilton are calling a pulse-pounding urban fantasy adventure.

  About the Author

  USA Today Bestselling author, Noree Cosper loves writing about magic in the modern world. While growing up in Texas she constantly searched for mystical elements in the mundane. She buried her nose in both fiction and books about Wicca, Religion, and Mythology. Everyday became an adventure as she joined a group of role-players, acting out her fantasies of vampires, demons, and monsters living in the world.

  She embraced her nerdom wholeheartedly.

  Noree grew, but never left her love for fantasy and horror. Her dreams pushed her and her hand itched to write the visions she saw. So, with her fingers on the keys, she did what her heart had been telling her to do since childhood. She wrote.

  Visit Noree Online

  www.noreecosper.com