The Darkest Promise (Lords of the Underworld #13)

* As punishment, the warriors responsible are paired with the demons. Maddox, new keeper of Violence, becomes crazed and slays Pandora. In turn, he is cursed to die every night only to awaken the next morning knowing he has to die again.

* The warriors are kicked out of Mount Olympus and forced to live among mortals, where they become known as the Lords of the Underworld. They settle in ancient Greece.

* Rhea, queen of the Titans and new keeper of Strife, escapes Tartarus—a prison for immortals. She allies with Galen, new keeper of False Hope and Jealousy. They recruit an army of human soldiers known as Hunters and task them with killing the Lords.

* Baden, new keeper of Distrust, is beheaded. In their grief, the Lords split into two factions, one moving to Budapest, the other traveling the world to destroy Hunters.

* Torin, new keeper of Disease, accidentally unleashes the Black Plague in ancient Greece.





THE DARKEST NIGHT,

story of Maddox

* Titan gods escape Tartarus and take over Mount Olympus, imprisoning the Greek gods.

* Maddox, who is part of the Budapest faction, meets a human named Ashlyn Darrow. She possesses the ability to hear any conversation that has ever taken place in a room.

* Aeron, keeper of Wrath, is ordered by Cronus, king of the Titans, to kill a human named Danika Ford and all her family. He isn’t told why.

* Through love and sacrifice, Ashlyn breaks Maddox’s curse to die again and again.

* Ashlyn becomes pregnant with Maddox’s twins.

* Aeron becomes crazed with a mystical desire to kill Danika, and the Lords are forced to lock him in the dungeon to stop him.

* The group of Lords hunting Hunters is led to Budapest, and the twelve surviving demon-possessed warriors are reunited.





THE DARKEST KISS,

story of Lucien

* Lucien, keeper of Death, meets Anya, goddess of Anarchy, at a nightclub. She is obsessed with him, determined to steal a kiss from the scarred warrior.

* Paris, keeper of Promiscuity, is captured by Hunters. He meets Sienna Blackstone, a Hunter spy and the only woman he can bed more than once. However, she is killed by her own people during his escape.

* Aeron breaks free of the dungeon.

* The Lords learn about four ancient artifacts that can lead them to Pandora’s box. The box is a weapon capable of killing them all—but it might be the only key to their salvation.

* The Cage of Compulsion, one of the four artifacts, is found.

* William the Ever Randy—the greatest warrior of all time, just ask him—guards the Cage of Compulsion, but Lucien and Anya manage to defeat him.

* Lucien and Anya fall in love. The greatest love story of all time—just ask her.

* Aeron is transported to hell, where he meets a demon girl named Legion.





THE DARKEST PLEASURE,

story of Reyes

* Reyes, keeper of Pain, searches for Danika Ford, desperate to protect her from Aeron’s bloodlust.

* Aeron and Legion are rescued from hell and brought back to the Lords’ home in Budapest.

* The Lords learn Galen is the leader of the Hunters.

* Paris receives a boon from Cronus and, rather than saving Sienna, he uses it to save Aeron from his bloodlust.

* Reyes saves Danika’s life and discovers she is the second artifact needed to find the box. She is the All-seeing Eye.

* Despite their tumultuous past, Reyes and Danika fall in love.

* Danika’s friend Gillian Bradshaw—known as Gilly Shaw when she lived on the streets—moves to Budapest and strikes up a friendship with William.





THE DARKEST WHISPER,

story of Sabin

* The Lords free a Harpy named Gwendolyn Skyhawk—aka Gwen the Timid—from a Hunter prison.

* Sabin, keeper of Doubt, is fascinated by Gwen.

* Aeron discovers an invisible being is spying on him.

* Paris thinks he sees Sienna—who is dead—in Budapest.

* Hunters capture Gideon, keeper of Lies, and cut off his hands.

* Gwen learns Galen is her father and, when the time comes, frees him rather than kills him.

* Sabin, who has always abhorred weakness of any kind, falls in love with Gwen, anyway.





THE DARKEST PASSION,

story of Aeron

* Olivia, a Sent One, is ordered to kill Aeron. But she thinks she might be in love with him and chooses to give up her wings for a chance to save him.

* Galen successfully places the demon of Distrust in the body of his right-hand woman, Fox.

* Legion makes a deal with Lucifer in order to become human, hoping to win Aeron’s heart.

* Aeron rejects her gently. He is falling for Olivia.

* The Lords capture an immortal named Scarlet, who is the keeper of Nightmares. She has a secret agenda toward Gideon.

* Olivia steals the third artifact—the Cloak of Invisibility—from Galen.

* In an effort to help Aeron, Legion decides to kill Galen. She seduces him instead.

* Aeron is beheaded and freed from Wrath. Thanks to the Sent Ones, he is given a new body. Now he and Olivia can be together.

* Cronus successfully bonds the demon Wrath to the spirit of Sienna, making her immortal and tangible to the rest of the world.





THE DARKEST LIE,

story of Gideon

* Scarlet believes she shares a secret past with Gideon. She thinks they were married while she was imprisoned in Tartarus and that they had a child together. Gideon remembers none of this and wonders if someone stole his memories.

* Amun, the keeper of Secrets, Aeron and William journey to hell to save Legion, who has been captured and tortured.

* The Lords take the three artifacts they’ve acquired and split up, hoping to prevent other immortals from stealing their property.

* Strider, keeper of Defeat, kidnaps Haidee, an immortal Hunter who helped kill Baden. He can’t bring himself to kill her.

* Gideon fails to kill Galen.

* Legion is rescued from hell, and in the process Amun is infected by new demons.

* Gideon and Scarlet learn the truth about their past, but the past doesn’t matter. Only the future. They have fallen in love.





THE DARKEST SECRET,

story of Amun

* Amun and Haidee enter hell to rid Amun of his newest demons. She is the only one who can quiet the evil whispers in his head.

* Strider, William and Paris go on vacation. Kaia, a Harpy, joins them, hoping to seduce Strider.

* Amun meets the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, William’s children.

* Amun finds himself falling for Haidee, despite her past actions against Baden.

* Haidee is killed and reanimated because she’s possessed by the demon of Hate.

* Only when Haidee and Amun give in to their feelings for each other is Love able to overcome Hate, allowing the pair to live happily-ever-after.





THE DARKEST SURRENDER,

story of Strider

* A new Harpy Games kicks off, a type of Olympics for immortals.

* The Moirai, keepers of Fate, tell Kane, the keeper of Disaster, he will start the apocalypse.

* William kills Gilly’s parents as punishment for abusing her.

* Kane is captured and transported to hell, where he is tortured by demons.

* Strider falls for the feisty Kaia and agrees to be her consort. Her team wins the Harpy Games.

* Strider kills Lazarus the Cruel and Unusual, the consort of Juliette the Eradicator, to gain possession of the fourth artifact, the Paring Rod.





THE DARKEST SEDUCTION,