Kasadya Hellhound Awakened
Kasadya Series
Book One
Karen Swart
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Audience:
YA/NA - 14 years and up
ISBN:
978-1311699121
Date
Published: 21 August 2012
Pages: 342 pages
Book Description:
In
a constant battle between good and evil, evil is dominating the battlefield and
leading mankind to its destruction. With our Creator's intervention, a creature
destined to conquer and destroy is created. He gives mankind hellhounds to
fight back and reclaim freedom.
Join
seventeen year old Kasadya Levourne as she fights against evil to protect us.
With each step, she faces destruction, and yet she has the talent to give it
back tenfold. Stubborn and hard-headed she makes her mark in the Fallen world
and starts a battle none can escape. Not even her trainer, the very attractive
Chax de Luca, was prepared for her presence.
Will
evil prevail? Or will Kas and her Fallen friends succeed in protecting us
against it? Hold on to your seats, this is going to be one hell of a ride.
Special
Note:
The
Kasadya Series should be read back to back,
books
1- 3 each end with a cliff hanger.
Excerpt Kasadya Hellhound Awakened
Prologue
There was a time when heaven was filled with peace and
serenity. God, Jesus Christ, and all the Angels lived in harmony; no evil and
no sin existed. Until one fateful day...
With all gathered to hear their Sire speak, God rose and
addressed his Angels. Before all, he proclaimed His Son, Jesus Christ, was
equal to Him. That Christ’s words should be obeyed as if they were His own.
Christ would command the heavens, with the same authority as Him. All the
Angels bowed down before Christ and accepted their Sire’s proclamation, all
except for one…
An Archangel was furious with this proclamation. He was his
Sire’s right hand, the deliverer of justice, the commander of many legions. He
had served his Sire for centuries, and never failed him. It should be to him
that God bestow power, not a Son whom had never even seen battle.
With his heart filled with hatred and jealousy, he gathered
all the angels in secret. He told them that their days of sweet liberty were at
an end. That God has now placed Christ as their ruler and that they should now
obey his wishes. Many angels were angered at such a false statement, but many
also agreed with the Archangel. He had led them for many years; why should they
now question his leadership?
The faithful Angels fled to God and told Him what was
happening, and together they prepared for war. With the sun rising on a new
day, God and his Angels stood ready for battle against the Archangel and his
followers. The battle only lasted a day, the Archangel and his followers
defeated before the sun set for the night.
Seeing the angels on their knees before Him, He gave them one
final chance… “Repent and declare your loyalty, and I will forgive you, my
children.” He told his beautiful angels, tears falling with each word. This was
His family. This was His love. How could they betray Him? Some of the Angels
cried their penance, begging Him to forgive them for their deceit. They claimed
that the Archangel deceived them, and they followed him into battle, as they
have done for centuries.
God took pity on them, but still believed that their deceit
must not go unpunished. He had spoken many times about the importance of
punishment, that lessons learned must be earned... “I herewith grant you mercy,
but as punishment you will be sentenced to an earthly realm. I will take your
beauty as payment for my children lost today. In the place of your beauty, I
will give you purpose. In mercy, and because I love you still, I give you life
in this realm. Let this be known, that I was merciful this day,” God finished.
He placed them in an earthly realm, and called it Exsilium.
In this realm they would carry their deceit, and earn their place with him. He
took their beauty and replaced them with elements of his earth. Half would be
of animal and element, and would resemble punishment. The other, in a humanoid
form, and would resemble mercy. He called them his Fallen.
The Archangel, and those whom did not repent, were not that
lucky. God looked into the eyes of His once faithful angels and only saw
destruction, hatred, jealousy, and heartache. He knew that His beloved ones had
died this day, and that others needed to be protected. But how could you
destroy one you loved? He placed the Archangel, and his followers, in another
earthly realm, but where Exsilium was above the earth, this one was in the
center. With one wave of His hand, their beautiful forms were replaced with
forms as ugly as their hatred and deceit. Using His word and blood, He sealed
this realm from any other.
As He looked into the many eyes of hatred, He spoke his final
word... “This realm will be called Hell, and you will be called demons. You, my
once faithful Archangel, you will be called the Devil. Your angel name will be
erased from the past, present, and future. You will be forgotten,” He
proclaimed and left them to their demise.
Many years have passed since that day. God created mankind
and cherished his new children. The male and female were his new hope; in them
he would find peace again. But the Devil had grown strong through the years,
and somehow managed to enter God’s garden. Here, he found the female God
created, using her to strike back. He whispered words of deceit in her ears,
and watched as God’s new children stepped into sin. With her first bite, a
crack appeared in the seal around Hell, and demons escaped to earth.
From that day onward, the Devil and his demons created chaos
amongst God’s new children, leading one after the other into sin. God looked
upon this and decided to fight for his loved ones. He went to Exsilium and
spoke to the Fallen... “You, my children, have proven your loyalty in the years
that have passed, and so I came to offer you another chance at Heaven. If you
slay the Devil and his demons to protect mankind, I will give you a place in my
Heaven once again. With your last breath on this earth, you will join me and
your brethren in Heaven,” He finished. The Fallen agreed and God gave them the
power to move in and out of Exsilium to battle the demons. The war between Good
and Evil began.
But as mankind spread over the earth, sin became their
followers. And with each sin, the demons grew stronger and created more demons
to torture mankind. The Fallen were now fighting against millions; they needed
assistance to ensure victory. God had watched the battle from Heaven and saw
that they were failing because of their numbers. He also saw that the demons
grew stronger than the Fallen. He intervened and created a new creature. This
creature would have features encompassing the best of both worlds. One half was
as strong and loyal as the Fallen, while the other was as hard and enduring as
a demon. This was His ultimate weapon. This would be His greatest creation. To
ensure that these creatures could not be swayed, He placed Heaven’s soul into
them. He called them His hellhounds.
The hellhounds delivered justice swiftly, as strong and just
as the Fallen. Yet hard and durable like the demons, they conquered the earthly
realm and the demons retreated. Not one hellhound could be swayed. All stayed
true to their calling. God, knowing that the Devil and many more demons had
retreated, gave His hellhounds life, and offered them a place among the Fallen.
Until this day they still watch over mankind, protecting them
from evil. Will we be worth it?
About Author
I am a complete
book addict, and really proud of it. My entire world is made of books. From
reading to writing to blogging to helping other authors. A day without my world
of books would be impossible. I am a mother of three, two boys and a little
princess. Happily married for 8 years with my high school sweetheart. I live in
South Africa, just on the rims of the Kalahari Desert in a small town with one
shop and friendly faces.
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