Red and Gold

"Perhaps life and pain simply could not exist without one another."

Orion’s world is golden. That’s the only thing he has ever seen since the day he was born: the gold of the palaces of the gods, the gold of ambrosia, the gold of his immortal blood. But he knows he barely belongs to that world. Although Orion was born a god, he has spent his entire existence as nothing more than a slave. And he is tired of that life.

Asteria’s world is red. There was a time when it wasn’t, but ever since the Empire of Eladia destroyed her home years ago and forced her to become a gladiator, that’s the only color that paints her days. The red of death. The red of pain. The red of rage. And she is tired of that life.

Asteria hates the gods. Orion wants nothing to do with mortals. But their worlds are about to collide and be stained with each other’s blood. And perhaps joining forces is the only way to gain freedom.