Wait (The Triton Chronicles #2)

By Alyssa Rose Ivy

What’s worse than finding out you can command demons? Having that revelation time up with falling in love.

Cade’s life has been turned completely upside down. Not only must he come to terms with a new identity, he must also deal with his increasingly stronger feeling for Marigold. Before he can even process either, he must step into a new role he never expected to take on.

Marigold is like a fish out of water. Even in the water. The one constant in her life has been her strength, but now she’s starting to question that. As she struggles to rediscover her voice and power, she must also decide whether she’s willing to take the biggest risk of all—falling in love with Cade. The problem is, that decision may have already been made for her.

*New Adult Paranormal Romance*

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alyssa Rose Ivy
• Release date: May 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781370571185

Alyssa Rose Ivy

Alyssa Rose Ivy is the bestselling author of more than fifty novels with over one million books sold worldwide. She loves to weave stories with romance and humor, and she is best known for writing about college boys with wings. After surviving law school and earning her masters in library science, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. She lives in Alabama with her two children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.Series by Alyssa Rose IvyThe Chronicles- New Adult Paranormal and Fantasy Romance-The Crescent Chronicles-The Empire Chronicles-The Dire Wolves Chronicles-The Allure Chronicles-The Forged Chronicles-The Grizzly Brothers Chronicles-The Pteron Chronicles-The Heart Chronicles-The Triton ChroniclesOther Paranormal/Fantasy/Dystopian Romance- Full Moons- The Corded Saga- Willow Harbor- Vampire Emails- Lunar Academy-Ghostly ShadowsYA Fantasy Romance-The Afterglow TrilogyNA/Mature YA Science Fiction Romance-Half LightContemporary Romance/ Romantic Comedy-The Hazards Series-Clayton Falls-The Mixology Series-Life After FallingVisit me on the web at:http://www.alyssaroseivy.comwww.facebook.com/AlyssaRoseIvytwitter.com/AlyssaRoseIvyhttps://www.instagram.com/alyssaroseivy/Sign up for my new release newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ktlSj

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Cade

No time passed. Yet tons of time passed. It was dark, yet it was light. I felt nothing, yet I felt everything. Life had become dual natured for me, and I no longer knew which way was up, or down, or even where I was.

But Marigold was near. I knew that. I sensed her. I felt her. There was nothing opposite about things between us. It was the only exception. She was the only exception. Yet I barely knew her.

I had to come to the surface. I had to break away from this state of nothing yet everything. But the harder I fought it the further I fell, until I had no concept of where or when I was.

I blinked. Trying to understand why I couldn’t see at all. I could always see. My night vision wasn’t that bad. Only complete darkness prevented me from seeing something. Anything.

Cade? You here? Hailey called my name.

Where else would I be? I snapped more than I should have, but my entire body hurt from the fall. Pixie, anytime you can get us out of here it would be great. We are all going to be dead if we don’t figure out what’s going on. But hey, at least we are together. I was in a memory. At least I thought I was. Maybe I was dreaming. But I knew where I was at least. Trapped. Trapped in the basement of a crazy creature’s house.

You had better not be in on this, Cade. Hailey was invisible to me thanks to the darkness, but I could imagine the glare she was shooting me.

In on it? As in working with that thing? Are you crazy? Would I have ever purposely put myself through that? I’m pretty sure I’m bleeding from ten places right now. Had she really believed I’d do something like that? I’d never put her in danger—well, aside from what I just did getting her involved in this underwater world mess. Damn. I really wasn’t doing a good job at this quasi-big brother thing.

You’ll heal. Hailey sounded flippant, but she wasn’t. That’s just how she was. She had the kind of personality that either pulled you in or repelled you. I was definitely in the first camp. I’d always respected strong females, and Hailey for sure fell into that category. So did Marigold. Marigold. I had to get out of this memory, or dream, and find her. But I wasn’t ready yet.

I will, but it hurts. I’m not in on anything.

He’s not. I would know. Eloise sighed. Eloise. The Pixie. The first Pixie I’d met. Or I should say I’d know if he meant you harm.

Oh, is that something my Guardian Pixie could tell? Hailey was really pushing the sarcasm. I couldn’t blame her. We were in an awful situation. Maybe worse than the one I was in now. Or maybe not? I didn’t really understand my current situation of nothing and everything, so it was impossible to know.

I squirmed and scooted trying to move closer to Hailey. Can anyone see?

No. How is this possible, Cade? Hailey sounded panicked. She never panicked. This didn’t sound like the Hailey I knew.

We are in complete darkness. Our night vision can’t work. That was incredibly inconvenient.

Ugh. That means we’re totally confined. Hailey sounded even more panicked. I wanted to reach out and calm her, but I couldn’t. That’s not the kind of relationship we had.

Calm down. Eloise stepped in where I failed. You’ll make it.

We have to get out of here. Hailey spoke out loud the thoughts already circling in my head.

Everyone shut up. We can’t see, but we can hear. We have to figure out which way to go. I couldn’t think straight with all the talking. My head throbbed as if I were currently living this memory. Was I? I was so unbelievably confused.

What was she? Hailey asked. She? She meant that creature. The one who had thrown us down there.

I am still trying to figure it out. I’d say a banshee, but what’s with the talons? Talons. Just like what had dropped Adam’s body. It all started to click.

She’s a sorceress resurrected by a demon. That makes her a Scarber, Eloise explained.

A what? Hailey asked.

A Scarber. They are incredibly rare because it isn’t often demons show up and resurrect dead sorceresses anymore, considering there are barely any sorceresses or demons with enough power. Someone must have opened up a portal or something. Eloise continued.

A Scarber. That’s what we were were dealing with. How had I forgotten? A demon resurrecting a dead sorceress. I needed to remember that.

I needed to find Marigold.

Mari! I screamed out her name, and the darkness finally started to subside. I came up for air, literally and figuratively as I surfaced in dark, cool, water.

There was a faint light, and I could see her shaking and rocking back and forth on the side of some sort of body of water where I was. I pulled myself out and sat down beside her. Do you have any clue where we are? I looked out at the moving current in front of us. It was a river of some sort. And we were at the mouth of what appeared to be a cave. I shuddered. I hated caves.

I should probably ask you that question. She released her legs and slid them down in front of her. Her clothes were soaked, much like mine. I was regretting having changed out of my swim trunks. You are the one holding the trident after all.

Oh. I studied my hand and the long metal pole with the tri-pronged top. How hadn’t I realized I was holding that? Weird, huh?

Weird? Marigold laughed dryly. Is that all you are going to say right now?

Is there something more you want me to say? I’d have said anything she wanted to hear at that moment. After so much nothingness and uncertainty there she was. She was real and oh so appealing. But appealing or not, I couldn’t worry about how much I wanted her now. How much I needed her. I needed to first figure out where the heck we were.

Yes. Yes there is.

Okay. What is it? I asked. What did you want me to say?

What isn’t it? She spun so her body was turned toward me. She was wet, but she didn’t appear cold. And she did look hot. Unbelievably hot and despite everything I couldn’t help but imagine slipping off her wet clothes. Why are we here? Where is here? What the hell was that creature?

Okay. I’ll stop you right there. I took her hand in my free one. The touch sent a spark through me, something akin to an electric current. I can answer one of those questions.

By the expression on her face and her wide eyed look, she’d felt the current too. Please do.

That creature was a scarber. At least I think it was. I thought back on the horrible noise.

A scarber? She pulled her knees back up to her chest again.

Yes. It means a demon resurrected a dead sorceress. I think. A Pixie told me at one point, and it came back to me. So maybe that was the wrong way to word it, but then again, I didn’t know any other way to word it. None of this made much sense.

When a demon resurrects a sorceress they come back as a terrifying creature with talons? Her mouth gaped.

Yes. I made eye contact so she’d believe I was being serious. Or so I’ve been told.

By a Pixie. She stretched her legs out again. Is this Toni? The same Pixie you arrived with?

No. This is a different one. Hailey’s Guardian Pixie actually. Her name is Eloise. And I was sounding more and more ridiculous. Too bad. All I could do was go with the truth.

Guardian Pixie? Mari raised an eyebrow. Really, Cade? Is that the best you can come up with?

Oh? You think I’m making that up? Admittedly her response bothered me. I’d come up with something much better if I was inventing it. Come on. Give me some credit.

She laughed. She had such a gorgeous laugh. It lit up her face and made it impossible to resist smiling. Her skepticism was immediately forgiven. It was impossible to stay annoyed at this woman. Besides, I understood it. I probably wouldn't have believed it either had I not experienced it all myself. Fine. So let’s assume you are right about what the creature is. A Scarber. How did we get here?

I don’t know if the Scarber got us here, but it did get us to come outside back at my house. Maybe the demons got us here. Thinking back to what happened outside my place seemed like forever ago.

The demons that seemed to know you. She rubbed the back of her head. Didn’t they call you Master or something? She pushed her hair all over to one shoulder. It bared her neck, once again distracting me. I had thoughts of running my tongue over her sensitive skin. I already knew how good her skin tasted, and the moans I could elicit.

Yeah. I believe they did. I knew they did. I could still hear it echoing in my head.

Welcome home, Master. We serve you now and no other. Welcome home, King Cade. We have been waiting for you. 

I wished I had imagined that, but then again I wished I had imagined a lot of things. Including once again ending up somewhere underground where I had no clue where I was. This was starting to become a pattern for me, and I didn’t like it one bit.

Anything you want to explain to me about that?

Explain? She had to be kidding. I was just as confused as she was. Or maybe more since this was a world away from my life. You think I expected that? It was a complete surprise to me, but then again all the talk about powerful sea-demons was also a surprise for me. Not exactly a subject I know much about.

Well, Tyler seemed to think you were tied into it. She brought up the investigator. The one who was entirely too interested in why the king had invited me down to begin with.

Tied into it. Yeah. That’s me. You do realize I’m still trying to handle that I am part Mer? I was a Pteron pure and simple. At least that’s what I’d always thought. Finding out half of your genes belonged to an underwater being kind of messed with you when you were raised to think your only non-human part belonged in the sky.

Well, you did breathe underwater. That has to prove something.

I didn’t say I was struggling to believe it, just to accept it. Knowing something is true is entirely different than accepting it as the truth. It’s hard when the identity you think you have turns out to be wrong.

Why? She looked out at the water, the river flowing on in a seemingly endless pattern, and then back at me. Why does finding out you are half Mer change anything?

Why wouldn’t it?

"Because we form our own identities. From our choices, and our actions, and who we choose to spend our time with. Trust me, losing my chance to be queen has

Reviews for Wait (The Triton Chronicles #2)

[Vicki Skinner · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I can't wait for the third book to be released!