Wicked Lord of Thessaly (Halcyon Romance Series Book 3) by Rachael Slate
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chalkos, argyros, and chrysos – three passwords to the symposium, meaning “copper, silver, and gold”
asphodelus , eros , aionios – three passwords to Halcyon, meaning “daffodil, love, and eternal”
lyssa – a madness affecting centaurs, especially related to an incomplete bonding
melita – term of endearment meaning “honey-sweet”
quarter – pyrate term for “mercy”
Old Centaurion – an ancient centaur language
Meliae – honey nymphs
I’ve always planned to write the stories of Thereus’s brothers, but after readers went a little crazy over the centaurs in Earth Borne (and admittedly, I did too) I knew I just had to tell them now .
Thank you to my amazing beta readers, Ashley, Gina, Lyn, Nicola, and Bonnie, for drooling and gushing along with me.
A big thank you to my review team and street team, who always amaze me with their fantastic support.
To Kelley, my awesome copy editor, thanks for helping me through each of my projects.
Karie Deegan, my kickass PA, I couldn’t do any of this without you. I have a centaur reserved just for you. He’s around here somewhere.
Hugs and kisses to my family, for always sticking by me.
And to my readers, I hope these centaurs exceed all of your dreams. Brace yourselves ;)
Look for these titles, available here .
CHINESE ZODIAC ROMANCE SERIES:
BOOK 1: TRANCING THE TIGER
BOOK 2: REMATCH
BOOK 3: BY THE HORNS
BOOK 4: MATCH ME LATER
BOOK 5: REINING HIM IN
BOOK 6: MATCHING DRAGONS
BOOK 7: IN WOLF’S CLOTHING
HALCYON ROMANCE SERIES:
BOOK 1: MOON BORNE
BOOK 2: EARTH BORNE (DARK LORD OF THESSALY)
BOOK 3: WICKED LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 4: BRUTISH LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 5: MASTERFUL LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 6: UNTAMED LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 7: LOST LADY OF THESSALY
BOOK 8: WATER BORNE
Want more centaurs? Read on for an exclusive sneak peek at the second novella in the LORDS OF THESSALY spin-off series, BRUTISH LORD OF THESSALY :
Born to heal
Nysa of the Krenaiai nymphs has spent the last fifty years trapped inside her well, until her waters are gifted to the surly centaur Lord Oreius. Instead of consuming her gift, he tosses the sacred liquid to the ground, and the spell goes awry. Nysa is transformed back into a nymph, but she can only survive so long without her well—which happens to rest on enemy lands. Yet she chooses to stay, because something in Oreius’s eyes demands she coax out the darkness…even if it threatens to consume her.
The weight of the past
Lord Oreius has drowned his grief beneath a torrent of shame and regret. No one, not even a sultry nymph, can heal the wounds in his soul and the guilt tainting his heart. Though she bloody well keeps trying. He longs to find forgiveness in her eyes, but first, he’ll have to find it within himself. War looms on the horizon, and when their enemies join forces, Oreius’s last chance at redemption just might have come too late.
And the hope of the future
When Nysa is torn from Oreius, he’ll have to fight for a second chance at life, and at love. Even if it means giving up his brutish ways.
Centaur lands, Thessaly
Year 1384 of the reign of King Cheiron II
Or the human year, 1689
Oreius sneered at the flask and sniffed the liquid within. Too sweet to be water, too perfumed to be a potion of evil. Not that his brother Agrius would do such a thing.
Heal me.
He snorted. Agrius and his mate, Eione, had gifted Oreius the flask months ago, exclaiming with fervor how it would “cure” him.
Ha. He had no desire for a cure, nor to ever be relieved of his heavy burden. Sarra was gone and ’twas his fault his sons had no mother. Nothing, not even a flask of potent water, could remedy those truths.
He grimaced at the flask in his hands. Why the hell had he held onto it for so many months? He ought to have done this the moment Agrius had bestowed him the flask. Heaving a sigh, he stepped to the balcony, raised the flask, and poured its contents onto the manicured lawn
chalkos, argyros, and chrysos – three passwords to the symposium, meaning “copper, silver, and gold”
asphodelus , eros , aionios – three passwords to Halcyon, meaning “daffodil, love, and eternal”
lyssa – a madness affecting centaurs, especially related to an incomplete bonding
melita – term of endearment meaning “honey-sweet”
quarter – pyrate term for “mercy”
Old Centaurion – an ancient centaur language
Meliae – honey nymphs
I’ve always planned to write the stories of Thereus’s brothers, but after readers went a little crazy over the centaurs in Earth Borne (and admittedly, I did too) I knew I just had to tell them now .
Thank you to my amazing beta readers, Ashley, Gina, Lyn, Nicola, and Bonnie, for drooling and gushing along with me.
A big thank you to my review team and street team, who always amaze me with their fantastic support.
To Kelley, my awesome copy editor, thanks for helping me through each of my projects.
Karie Deegan, my kickass PA, I couldn’t do any of this without you. I have a centaur reserved just for you. He’s around here somewhere.
Hugs and kisses to my family, for always sticking by me.
And to my readers, I hope these centaurs exceed all of your dreams. Brace yourselves ;)
Look for these titles, available here .
CHINESE ZODIAC ROMANCE SERIES:
BOOK 1: TRANCING THE TIGER
BOOK 2: REMATCH
BOOK 3: BY THE HORNS
BOOK 4: MATCH ME LATER
BOOK 5: REINING HIM IN
BOOK 6: MATCHING DRAGONS
BOOK 7: IN WOLF’S CLOTHING
HALCYON ROMANCE SERIES:
BOOK 1: MOON BORNE
BOOK 2: EARTH BORNE (DARK LORD OF THESSALY)
BOOK 3: WICKED LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 4: BRUTISH LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 5: MASTERFUL LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 6: UNTAMED LORD OF THESSALY
BOOK 7: LOST LADY OF THESSALY
BOOK 8: WATER BORNE
Want more centaurs? Read on for an exclusive sneak peek at the second novella in the LORDS OF THESSALY spin-off series, BRUTISH LORD OF THESSALY :
Born to heal
Nysa of the Krenaiai nymphs has spent the last fifty years trapped inside her well, until her waters are gifted to the surly centaur Lord Oreius. Instead of consuming her gift, he tosses the sacred liquid to the ground, and the spell goes awry. Nysa is transformed back into a nymph, but she can only survive so long without her well—which happens to rest on enemy lands. Yet she chooses to stay, because something in Oreius’s eyes demands she coax out the darkness…even if it threatens to consume her.
The weight of the past
Lord Oreius has drowned his grief beneath a torrent of shame and regret. No one, not even a sultry nymph, can heal the wounds in his soul and the guilt tainting his heart. Though she bloody well keeps trying. He longs to find forgiveness in her eyes, but first, he’ll have to find it within himself. War looms on the horizon, and when their enemies join forces, Oreius’s last chance at redemption just might have come too late.
And the hope of the future
When Nysa is torn from Oreius, he’ll have to fight for a second chance at life, and at love. Even if it means giving up his brutish ways.
Centaur lands, Thessaly
Year 1384 of the reign of King Cheiron II
Or the human year, 1689
Oreius sneered at the flask and sniffed the liquid within. Too sweet to be water, too perfumed to be a potion of evil. Not that his brother Agrius would do such a thing.
Heal me.
He snorted. Agrius and his mate, Eione, had gifted Oreius the flask months ago, exclaiming with fervor how it would “cure” him.
Ha. He had no desire for a cure, nor to ever be relieved of his heavy burden. Sarra was gone and ’twas his fault his sons had no mother. Nothing, not even a flask of potent water, could remedy those truths.
He grimaced at the flask in his hands. Why the hell had he held onto it for so many months? He ought to have done this the moment Agrius had bestowed him the flask. Heaving a sigh, he stepped to the balcony, raised the flask, and poured its contents onto the manicured lawn
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