Of Triton picks up immediately where Of Poseidon left off with that nasty
little cliffhanger.
When Emma’s
mother is confronted about her true identity, everyone in the kitchen is
shocked. Emma has some of her answers but Galen is left with many more
questions. Unwilling to return to Triton territory, Nalia tells Galen to bring
Grom to her. He leaves Nalia and Emma under his sister Rayna’s watch while he
goes in an attempt to bring Grom to the Jersey shore. Believed to have been
killed in a mine explosion before they could be mated, Grom has grieved ever
since. Now the trackers have sensed Nalia’s pulse and Grom knows that Galen is
speaking the truth. Arriving at Nalia’s house, Galen, Grom and Toraf find Rayna
bound and gagged. Nalia knocked her unconscious and fled with Emma. Grom is
deeply hurt by Nalia’s deception.
Nalia truly
believes she killed Grom in the mine explosion. She fled because she thought
Galen and Toraf were bringing back a party to arrest her. Emma is a half breed,
an abomination in the Syrena world and her mother fears for their lives. Nalia thinks
that Galen used Emma to get close to her. While on the run, Emma learns the
truth about her mother’s life on land and her unique relationship with Emma’s
father. When Galen’s assistant Rachel finds them, she tricks Nalia into getting
close to her. Rachel handcuffs herself to Nalia and they must wait for Galen to
arrive.
Disbelieving,
shock and then elation describes the scene when Grom and Nalia reunite after
seventy years. Later at a hotel room, Emma is fuming over her mother’s fawning
over Grom. She feels as if her father’s memory is being betrayed, even though
they really didn’t love one another. Galen keeps her in his arms to both restrain
and rejoice in being back together. Emma is hurt when her mother decides to
return to the Syrena world. What about me? Where do I belong? Emma laments. “With
me” her mother and Galen both state. Galen goes further to state that he wants
Emma to be his mate even though she is a half breed. Galen is determined but
Grom warily reminds them of the law. Nalia joins in by reminding him that she
is her daughter. The law hasn’t been changed. Leave Emma behind until Nalia
corrects her transgressions in Syrena. Galen agrees but then Grom drops his
bombshell. He is already mated to Paca. It was completed just before they came
to retrieve him. No one told him the truth about Nalia. Only that Paca was
faking the gift Of Poseidon. Galen tells him that Emma has the gift for real. He
has seen her in action. No matter but with his mating it now means that Galen
is the next in line to become Nalia’s mate. “Ohmysweetgoodness!”
What happens
when Nalia returns to the world of the Syrena? Will Grom and Nalia find a way
to finally be together? What of Paca and her mating to Grom? What really
happened when the mine exploded seventy years earlier? Can Galen and Emma find
a way to be together or is he destined to be with her mother? And will Emma be
allowed to live once the truth about her existence is discovered?
The trilogy
wraps up with Of Neptune in 2014.
Legacy Lost is a short story about Grom and Nalia
finally accepting one another and the tragedy that tore them apart. It is a
free eBook as part of The Fierce Reads
Anthology, Volume 1. The story is a great, quick read just before starting Of Triton.
Visit Anna Banks’ website.
No comments:
Post a Comment