Maelstrom Within

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(121 121 121 1)>The Deepest Wounds Are Self-Inflicted.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(121 121 121 1)>Stuck in a downward spiral of self-pity and guilt over the tragic aftermath of battling a fallen angel Diomedes cannot bring himself to face the world let alone the woman he failed to protect. Hiding from everyone including his benefactor Athena and his responsibilities at the Métis Foundation he finds solace in someone unexpected.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(121 121 121 1)>But avoidance and distractions are not enough. The one thing he cannot escape is trouble. Despite Diomedes's efforts to fall off the grid and forget a familiar but treacherous figure tracks him down to offer a dangerous solution to correct the misfortune... in exchange for a favor. The steep price includes striking a bargain with an arcane vengeful being.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(121 121 121 1)>Diomedes turns his back on everything he stands for even at the cost of his closest friends and allies to pursue a foe who knows he is coming. And the solution may not even work. How far will Diomedes go to assuage a guilty conscience?</span></p>