Defiance
The Reaper Series #1
R.S. Broadhead
I. Am. Death.
His only job? To
watch.
Watch the family Fate
branded for death be butchered by a random drunk.
Cadeus Reaper was
created by Grim for reaping souls. So why can’t he do the one thing he was made
for?
Cadeus always knew he
was different from other Reapers. Still – he struggled to fit in, to follow
orders, and earn his way to the top spot of Demoral as he was intended for,
that is until he reaps a soul for the first time.
He defied Death’s law
by attempting to stop a human from being executed.
He failed.
Or so he thought.
His crime would not go
unpunished or unnoticed.
Trapped. In a cell.
For over twenty years as mental and physical abuse haunted him--only to
discover that the girl he tried to save is very much alive--but will soon be
dead.
With no other choice,
Cadeus has to do the impossible. Escape an inescapable prison. With the help of
a newfound friend, he manages to reach freedom, only to find the world he once
knew is gone. Grim has disappeared, leaving utter chaos. Fate, along with other
Reapers, have taken over his home, the realm of Nekroun Earth.
Along with Demons and
Angels, Fate has demanded the girl that Cadeus saved be found. Can Cadeus get
to her first? Or will she end up in the hands of a fate she’s been running
from?
I tried to block the portal, but was hit in the jaw with the wood from
another sickle. A blade whizzed past me so fast it practically hummed through
the air. I heard a thud, and Izzy screamed before it closed. The pain in my jaw
was nothing compared to the heavy feeling my heart felt at that moment. Sophia
lay in front of me, gasping for breath. Her chest moved up and down in a rapid
motion.
I ran a hand over her hair, pushing it away from her face. “I’m so
sorry.” I had never meant the words more. It was my fault she was dying. Tears
spilled out of my eyes.
“Just get away from me,” she screamed. Her sobs turned into choked
gasps. “I don’t want to die,” she whispered before she quit breathing.
“Get him up. You’ve got to be the stupidest sack of shit Grim’s ever
made,” Paradan, Grim’s first sergeant, said. His voice was so harsh. The
harshest I had ever heard it, but I didn’t care.
Two Demorals snatched me from the ground. My jaw pounded. I winced as
I tried to move it. Their grip was solid around my arms. They thought I would
fight them, but there was no fight left in me. I did what I thought was right.
Those little girls’ blood would forever stain me and haunt my dreams. I
deserved whatever punishment Grim had in store for me.
Whatever it may be.
R.S. Broadhead is the author of new adult paranormals. When
she's not writing you can find her ghost hunting, taking a nap, or surfing the
web for creepy stories for inspiration on her next novel.
She lives in Alabama with her husband, two feisty girls, and a
gassy pug! She loves to chat with readers!
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