—Mimi Valentine
“Amazing doesn’t even do this book justice.”
—The Magic Attic
“It’s literally impossible to put Half-Blooddown until totally devoured….and then you are licking your lips for more.”
—Novels on the Run
Copyright © 2013 by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Sale of the paperback edition of this book without its cover is unauthorized.
Spencer Hill Press
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.
Contact: Spencer Hill Press, PO Box 247, Contoocook, NH 03229, USA
Please visit our website at www.spencerhillpress.com
First Edition: April 2013.
Armentrout, Jennifer L. 1980
Apollyon: a novel / by Jennifer L. Armentrout – 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary:
Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back.
The author acknowledges the copyrighted or trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this fiction: Beetle Blow Pops. Charmed, Cheetos/Cheetos Puffs, Disney World, Doctor Evil, Donkey Kong. Doritos, Energizer Bunny, E.T., Ghostbusters, Glock, Godzilla, Harry Potter, Hilton Hotels, Hobbit, Hummer, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Kraken, The Maine. McDonald’s/ Big Mac, Muppets, Nintendo DS, Oregon Trail, Red Dawn, Scooby Gang, She-Ra, Skittles, Skype, S’mores, Spider-Man/spidey-sense, Star Wars/Jedi/ Luke and Leia, Super Mario Kart, Supernatural, Superwoman, Tilt-A-Whirl, Tylenol. Velero, Wii, Wizard of Oz/Toto
Cover design by K. Kaynak with artwork by Misha.
ISBN 978-1-937053-16-1 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-937053-17-8 (e-book)
Printed in the United States of America
Table of Contents
Copyright
Title
The Covenant Series
About Elixir
Pronunciation Guide for Apollyon
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Acknowledgements
Apollyon
The Fourth Covenant Novel by
Jennifer L. Armentrout
SPENCER HILL PRESS
The CovenantSeries
Daimon(novella)
Half-Blood
Pure
Deity
Elixir(novella)
Apollyon
Sentinel(Fall 2013)
Covenant novellas are available as free downloads in several formats at www.SpencerHillPress.com.
Also by Jennifer L. Armentrout
From Spencer Hill Press:
Cursed
Coming from Disney-Hyperion:
Don’t Look Back
From Entangled Publishing:
Obsidian(Book 1 in the Lux Series)
Onyx(Book 2 in the Lux Series)
Opal(Book 3 in the Lux Series)
Writing as J. Lynn:
Tempting the Best Man
Unchained
Coming from Spencer Hill Contemporary:
Frigid
To my friends who help me keep sane
while I’m playing in imaginary worlds.
About Elixir
Apollyontakes place after the events in Elixir, which tells the story from Aiden’s point of view. Apollyonreturns to Alex’s point of view, and it will make sense from her perspective, but if you’d like to know what happened between Deityand Apollyon, Elixiris available as a free download from the Spencer Hill Press website. It can also be purchased as an e-book and in a trade paperback edition.
http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/Elixir.html
Pronunciation Guide for Apollyon
Aether: EE-ther Agapi: ah-GAH-pee Akasha: ah-KAH-sha Apollyon: ah-POL-ee-on απόλυτη εξουσία: ah-POL-ee-tee EX-shoo-shee-ya αήττητο: EYE-tee-toe Chlamys: KLIM-is Daimon: DEE-mun Eíste pánta mou: EAST-ah PAN-da moo Hematoi: HEM-a-toy Iσχύς: ISH-heez Θάϱϱος: THA-roesh
CHAPTER 1
MY BLOOD ITCHED FOR A FIGHT. MUSCLES SCREAMED to engage. My thoughts were covered in a heady, amber haze of power. I was the Apollyon. I wielded control over the four elements, and the fifth and the most powerful— akasha. I fueled the God Killer. I was his power-up—the ace up his sleeve. I was the beginning and he was the end. And together, we were everything.
Yet, all I could do was pace back and forth. Caged and made helpless by the markings etched in the cement above me and by bars crafted by a god.
“Alex.”
Of course, I wasn’t alone. Oh no. My own personal hell was a party for two. Well, it was really a threesome… foursome of sorts. Sounded more fun than it was. Voices… there were so many voices in my head.
“Do you remember?”
I tipped my head to the right, feeling the muscles stretch and the bones crack. Then I repeated the movements to the left, my fingers moving—pinky, middle, pointer… over and over.
“Alex, I know you can hear me.”