In this scene between the immortal Pietas and his father, the two are arguing a familiar topic: humans. It opens with Pietas speaking.

30 Days of Chaos: Day 3

To celebrate the launch of Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas I’m sharing 30 Days of Chaos. Each day during April, I’ll post one excerpt from the book, along with a poster of a quote by Pietas. On the final day, members of my Romance Lives Forever Reader Group will receive a full color book containing all the quotes and posters. Unlike my website, the book posters will have only a quote and a beautiful image. Look for a giveaway at the end of this post.

They All Die

“You want us to treat humans as equals. They never treated us as such. Even now, we’re hated and reviled. Putting them on the council will make them haughtier. I want nothing to do with humans.”

“Then you want nothing to do with me, Son. Humans are all I care about.”

And wasn’t that the naked truth of his father’s betrayal? He had turned his back on their people. He had turned his back on his son.

“You’re right, Father. I want nothing to do with you. I care nothing for mortals.” He flipped his silver circlet into the air and caught it. “They all die.”
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Bringer of Chaos: Two enemy warriors: one human, one immortal. Different in belief, alike in spirit, marooned together on an alien world.

Imprisoned and in isolation over a year without food or water, the immortal Pietas survives. Though broken in body, his intellect and will are intact, thanks to Six, the special ops warrior who captured him, but kept him sane. The warrior had no hand in his deprivation and, like Pietas, was betrayed by his own kind. When Pietas is abandoned on an alien world with nothing but his honor–and Six–he must find and rejoin other immortal exiles. After centuries of war, Pietas detests humans and kills them on sight, but he is too damaged to continue on his own. Though he despises needing help, he allows Six to nurture and restore him to full strength, and then accompany him. As they cross the planet together on foot, the immortal begins to wonder if he has found his first human friend, or if Six is loyal only because Pietas could keep the others from tearing him to shreds. This human will either be his closest living friend, or the one whose betrayal will trigger all-out vengeance by the most powerful immortal ever born.

Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
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Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas6.pdf
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In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, Pietas insists on Six telling him how far the ship has come, and discovers his imprisonment and isolation are far from over. He is imprisoned inside a steel and copper stasis tube and cannot see Six.

30 Days of Chaos: Day 17

To celebrate the launch of Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas I’m sharing 30 Days of Chaos. Each day during April, I’ll post one excerpt from the book, along with a poster of a quote by Pietas. On the final day, members of my Romance Lives Forever Reader Group will receive a full color book containing all the quotes and posters. Unlike my website, the book posters will have only a quote and a beautiful image. Look for another giveaway at the end of this post.

A Warrior’s Ally

“The ship’s still in station. It hasn’t even left Enderium Six.”

Still in station? Still in station! He’d thought they’d be halfway there by now. “Long?”

“How long have you been here? Three Terran solar months today. The trip doesn’t start until next week. Supposed to take a year.”

A year!

A year in this netherworld, with no food, no water? Four times longer than he’d already suffered. Every time he died his cells burst and renewed themselves, searing his entire body from the inside out. He’d suffocate in a coffin full of dead cells.

The Ultra metabolism was proof humans had no mercy. Mortal death could never terminate his life. No matter how much he might want it.

Desire it. Crave it.

The ghost was talking, but Pietas couldn’t hear, overtaken by a weakness he hadn’t suffered from since he was a child.

“Pietas!” His father cupped his face and forced him to look up. Behind his father’s head, Earth’s yellow sun blasted its light. “Warriors do not cry. Stop it this instant.”

He’d been three years old, and had fallen while trying to keep up with his father’s longer stride.

His hands bled, and it frightened him. Ultras didn’t bleed. His father said so. Something must be wrong.

He lifted his palms to show his father. “It hurts.”

“Ultras never admit to pain. You are my son! Put your hands down this instant.”

His mother picked him up, and chided Mahikos. Holding Pietas in her arms, she examined his hands, now healed, and kissed his palms. “There, my son. It’s all better. See? Pain must be borne, but it passes.”

“You will make him weak.”

“I’ll make him compassionate.” Helia tousled his hair, and kissed Pietas on the cheek. “He’s never been injured before, Mahikos. Be patient.”

Pietas flung his arms around his mother’s neck.

“You’ll make him weak. Ultra warriors have no time for weakness. The next time he cries, I will beat him until he stops.”

His father had beaten him, many times. But for crying? Never. An Ultra does not seek to escape pain. If one inflicts pain, one must bear it. Pain must be borne. Pain is a warrior’s ally. A warrior must not show weakness.

Pietas jerked himself back to the present. “What?”

“I asked if you’re all right.”

He swallowed. The tears had wet his throat. “I am perfect.”

“Uh huh. Heard you were a narcissist too. Is all that nasty crap they say about you true?”

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Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas
Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
Preorder on Amazon http://amzn.to/1R8DAbb (Out May 1, 2016)
Read now in print on CreateSpace http://bit.ly/boc-origin-csp

Giveaway – Free Download

Download and print three PDF Bookmarks. The first features Six, the human warrior. The second is Pietas, the immortal warrior. The third is the two, back to back.
Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-six.pdf
Pietas https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas.pdf
Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas6.pdf
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In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, the human guard assigned to Pietas refuses to reveal his name, and gets a new one. When he asks “Why call me Six?” he’s not too happy about the answer. (Pietas is imprisoned inside a steel and copper stasis tube and cannot see Six.)

30 Days of Chaos: Day 18

To celebrate the launch of Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas I’m sharing 30 Days of Chaos. Each day during April, I’ll post one excerpt from the book, along with a poster of a quote by Pietas. On the final day, members of my Romance Lives Forever Reader Group will receive a full color book containing all the quotes and posters. Unlike my website, the book posters will have only a quote and a beautiful image. Look for another giveaway at the end of this post.

Call Me Six

The man launched into a lengthy tale about his childhood, revealing bits of history without naming a person or place. Even while regaling Pietas with a tale, the ghost’s soldier-training held true. One consorted with the enemy to make him feel comfortable and use that comfort to gain intelligence, but revealed no personal details.

Pietas had to admit to a grudging respect. “I–” He coughed. “I am Pietas.”

“Yeah.” The ghost paused, and then chuckled. “I figured that for myself.”

The remnant of a tear rolled onto his lips. Pietas licked it. Tasted salt, sweat, his own blood. “Six now.”

“Sorry, what?”

“Name. Six.”

“Six? Sorry. I don’t get you.”

“You. Six.”

“What, you mean, you call me Six?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Six. Eight.”

“Six eight. Sixty eight? What? What are you… Oh. You mean because we met on Enderium Six.”

“Six. Eight.”

“You’re making no sense, Ultra. I don’t have a clue– Oh, wait.” The ghost swore. “There were eight ghosts who came up against you in that room. You’re saying you thought of me as number six.”

Pietas smiled, pleased he understood. “Yes.”

“You think ’cause I won’t tell you my name, you can give me a number?” He swore in another language. “You got some nerve, Ultra. You know that?”

“I am Pietas.”

“You don’t like being called Ultra, don’t call me Six.”

“Is– your name.”

“I’m gonna let that go ’cause you’re in there and I’m out here, but you call me Six when we get outta here, I’m gonna kick your ass.”

Pietas smiled. So, the ghost foresaw them leaving together, did he? Good. He could definitely use that.
—
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas
Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
Preorder on Amazon http://amzn.to/1R8DAbb (Out May 1, 2016)
Read now in print on CreateSpace http://bit.ly/boc-origin-csp

Giveaway – Free Download

Download and print three PDF Bookmarks. The first features Six, the human warrior. The second is Pietas, the immortal warrior. The third is the two, back to back.
Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-six.pdf
Pietas https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas.pdf
Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas6.pdf
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In this short scene from Bringer of Chaos, Six finds out the truth about his lucky hit. (Pietas is imprisoned inside a steel and copper stasis tube and cannot see Six.)

30 Days of Chaos: Day 19

To celebrate the launch of Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas I’m sharing 30 Days of Chaos. Each day during April, I’ll post one excerpt from the book, along with a poster of a quote by Pietas. On the final day, members of my Romance Lives Forever Reader Group will receive a full color book containing all the quotes and posters. Unlike my website, the book posters will have only a quote and a beautiful image. Look for another giveaway at the end of this post.

Lucky Hit

“They’re not lying about no other human ever hitting you before? It’s true?”

The legends of his prowess had preceded him. “True.”

“How about that?”

“Lucky.”

“Lucky? That’s what you call the result of discipline. Maybe you’ve heard of that.”

Pietas grinned into the dark, saying nothing.

The ghost swore. “The only one. Well, I’ll be damned.”

“Yes. You will.”

Six let out a belly laugh.

Fatigue swept over Pietas. After such lengthy inactivity, talking exhausted him. He welcomed the bliss of sleep. As he drifted off, he heard the ghost speak, almost to himself.

“Man, I was luckier I lived through that than I thought.”

—
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas
Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
Preorder on Amazon http://amzn.to/1R8DAbb (Out May 1, 2016)
Read now in print on CreateSpace http://bit.ly/boc-origin-csp

Giveaway – Free Download

Download and print three PDF Bookmarks. The first features Six, the human warrior. The second is Pietas, the immortal warrior. The third is the two, back to back.
Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-six.pdf
Pietas https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas.pdf
Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas6.pdf
Download a free adult coloring book you can print and share. Relax and color with friends. It’s fun! https://kayelleallen.com/media/pietas-coloring-book.pdf

In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, Pietas is still imprisoned inside a steel and copper stasis tube. He uses the word “never” seven times. Freedom lies straight ahead. If–a big if–his captors release him. It opens with Six speaking.

30 Days of Chaos: Day 20

To celebrate the launch of Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas I’m sharing 30 Days of Chaos. Each day during April, I’ll post one excerpt from the book, along with a poster of a quote by Pietas. On the final day, members of my Romance Lives Forever Reader Group will receive a full color book containing all the quotes and posters. Unlike my website, the book posters will have only a quote and a beautiful image. Look for another giveaway at the end of this post.

Never

“Pietas! Can you hear me? I hope you can hear me. We’re coming in. The planet is dead ahead. It’s Sempervia. We’re there! We land today. The strobes you’re seeing–if you can still see–those are alerts. We’re landing!”

Joy and terror flooded Pietas in equal measure. Joy in the hope this repugnant nightmare might soon end. Terror he’d be marooned on this detestable world but never released, never found. They’d leave him to spend eternity alone in a hellish existence of eternal night.

No! No. He would be free. He would. Freedom was his birthright. He had not suffered this long to be denied freedom now.

Every part of his body hurt. Every finger, every toe, every tooth. Every eyelash.

Hunger no longer ravaged him. Did he even have a stomach anymore? In an earlier stage of hunger, it must have eaten itself. That pain had stopped long ago, and moved to every extremity.

Thirst, however, thirst haunted him, a creature from nightmares.

Once he got out of this pod, he’d throw himself into a river and drink it dry. Wait, instead, he’d drink some of it, and then let the river soak into his bones. He’d never go thirsty. Never be dirty.

And he would eat. It would be good to have food. Any food would do. Once he found food, he’d stuff his face full. He’d stop being picky. Whatever there was, it would be good enough. He’d never refuse food. He’d break bread with his family every chance he got.

The thought of family made his heart hurt. He’d hug Dessy, wrap both arms around his mother, and never let her go. He’d even hug his father.

And Six. He’d spend time with Six.

They would fish, as Six had promised. They’d sit by a river, cast lines, kick back on the bank, and watch clouds roll by. He hadn’t gone fishing since he was a boy. Fishing with Six at his side sounded like heaven.

It was true that Six had threatened the sole person Pietas could not and would not lose. Yes, Six had helped capture him. But that had been duty, and hadn’t Six proven his mettle and his true heart a hundred times since?

A klaxon sounded. The ship must be going into port.

—
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas
Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
Preorder on Amazon http://amzn.to/1R8DAbb (Out May 1, 2016)
Read now in print on CreateSpace http://bit.ly/boc-origin-csp

Giveaway – Free Download

Download and print three PDF Bookmarks. The first features Six, the human warrior. The second is Pietas, the immortal warrior. The third is the two, back to back.
Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-six.pdf
Pietas https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas.pdf
Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bookmark-pietas6.pdf
Download a free adult coloring book you can print and share. Relax and color with friends. It’s fun! https://kayelleallen.com/media/pietas-coloring-book.pdf