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Satara
Satara is a unique
piece of work. The daughter of Apollo, she's not happy being
forced to work as one of Artemis's handmaidens and she
dreams of a time when she's free of her aunt's tantrums.
She's loyal only to
herself and she hates Acheron with a passion. In fact, she
hates most people and gods with a passion. But she does
share one thing with Acheron, ever-changing hair color.
While around Artemis, her hair is a deep auburn, but
whenever she visits her half-brother Stryker, her hair is
blond. On earth, it can be any shade she wants.
She's powerful and
ruthless. Satara will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Satara makes her
appearance in
Dark
Side of the Moon.
"How many Dark-Hunters are left
in Seattle?" Stryker asked his second in command.
Like the other Daimons who were
present, Trates was tall and lean, with golden blonde hair
and dark brown eyes- the epitome of youthful beauty. He drew
his brows together as he thought for a second. "Once
Kontis is dead, we’re down to seven."
Stryker curled his lips. "Then we’re
celebrating too soon."
Silence rang out at his words.
"How so?"
Stryker turned his head to see his
younger half-sister approach his carved throne with a bold,
determined stride. Unlike the Spathi Daimons who made this
place home, she bore no fear of him. Dressed in a black
leather catsuit that laced down the front and hugged her
lithe, muscular body, she stepped up on the dais to lean
against the arm of his chair. Her dark eyes were completely
devoid of emotions as she arrogantly cocked a questioning
brow.
"He’s not dead yet." He
spoke each word slowly with careful enunciation. "I’ve
learned when dealing with these bastards to take nothing for
granted."
She gave a sarcastic half-laugh before
she pulled his cell phone off of his belt and dialed it.
In theory, the phone shouldn’t work
in this nether realm. But never ones to let the humans get
the better of them, his Spathis had found a preternatural
wave that could carry the signal out of Kalosis and up into
the human world. It was a dubious trick that served them
well.
Satara gave Stryker a bored look as he
heard the good Apollite vet in Seattle answer the phone.
"Is he dead yet?" she asked, mocking Stryker’s
earlier tone.
He could only hear the faint muttering
of the Apollite on the other end.
Satara gave an evil laugh. "Ooo,"
she said, wrinkling her nose in a seductive manner.
"You’re so nasty, gelding him before he dies. I like
that."
Stryker reached up and grabbed the
phone from her. "You’ve done what?"
Even over the static of the line, he
heard the Apollite sweating. "I... um... I’m planning
to neuter him, my lord."
Stryker saw red at that. "Don’t
you dare."
"Why not?" Satara asked in
an offended tone.
Stryker glared at her as he answered
for both her benefit and that of the vet on the other end.
"For one thing, I don’t want Kontis out of that cage
until after he’s dead– he’s too dangerous for that,
and for another, I won’t stand by and see a worthy
opponent emasculated. He’s earned the right to die with
some dignity."
Satara scoffed. "Some dignity.
His head’s going to explode. Where’s the dignity in
having your brains splattered all over a cat box because you
wanted to look up some human whore’s dress? If he’d
truly been worthy, we’d have never caught him so
easily."
Stryker tightened his grip on the
phone. "Trickery isn’t worthy of our species."
"Oh get out of the Stone Age,
Strykerius. There’s no such thing as noble duels anymore.
This is a world where the better sneak wins."
Perhaps, but he remembered a time and
place where things didn’t work quite that way and after
eleven thousand years, he was too old to change his ways.
"Even so, he is a cousin to us and-"
She sneered at him. "The
Were-Hunters turned their backs on you a long time
ago. They don’t consider any of you family anymore."
"Some do."
"Kontis doesn’t," she shot
back. "If he did, he’d have never been able to sell
his soul to your enemies and join their ranks. For hundreds
of years he’s hunted and killed your kind. I say geld the
bastard and wear his shriveled balls as a trophy."
Trates cringed at her words, as did
several other males in the room, some of whom instinctively
cupped themselves.
And Satara wonders why no man
will date her...
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