Celestra Forever After by Addison Moore
The Oliver Family:
Dr. Barron Oliver - Mortician. Owns and operates the Paragon Mortuary and Cemetery. Holds a PHD in Mortuary Science.
Emma Oliver – Owns and runs the largest daycare center on Paragon.
Gage Oliver – Skyla’s love interest. Birthdate November 23rd.
Logan Oliver – Barron’s brother. Skyla’s first love and first husband. (Anniversary date December 13th) Was badly burned in a car accident as a toddler and lived his life disfigured and in pain. He was offered the opportunity to return to his infancy and relive his life in the future. Birthdate July 21st.
Giselle Oliver – Passed away when she was a toddler. Was given the body of (Emerson Kragger) more than a decade later and is now at West Paragon High. Very innocent and new to earth.
Liam Oliver – Gave his life up years ago so that Logan could relive his life in the present world. Is back in a special Treble.
The Harrison Family:
Ellis Harrison – A stoner who lives across the street from the Olivers. Giselle’s love interest.
Morley Harrison – Attorney. Higher-up in the Countenance organization. Ellis’s father.
Olivia Harrison – Attorney. Morley’s ex wife. Ellis’s mother.
The Kragger family:
Arson Kragger – Attorney. A higher-up in the Countenance organization. Father to Pierce, Holden and Emerson. Owns various businesses on Paragon.
Holden Kragger – Once tried to sexually assault Skyla. Presently resides in the body of a raven.
Pierce Kragger – Presently his body is occupied by Nevermore.
Emerson Kragger – Currently resides in the body of an owl. Her body is occupied by Giselle Oliver.
Additional Characters:
Marshall Dudley – A six-thousand-year-old Sector. Skyla’s spirit husband and high school math teacher.
Demetri Edinger – A wicked Fem who is infatuated with Lizbeth Landon. Once worked as a teacher at the Ephemeral Academy.
Isis Edinger - Demetri’s niece. A Fem recently released from bondage.
Chloe Bishop – A Celestra who pledged over to the Countenance. Skyla’s nemesis.
Ezrina MacHatter – A Celestra who was relegated to the Transfer for going against the Justice Alliance centuries ago. Now resides in Chloe Bishop’s body. A scientist.
Nevermore (Heathcliff O’Hare) – A Count sentenced to live out his life as a raven until the order was reversed and now lives in the body of Pierce Kragger.
Ingram Pendergast - Ezrina’s first husband.
Wesley (Paxton, Parker) – He desires revenge against Celestra. His heart belongs to Laken Anderson.
Laken Anderson – A resurrected Count who Skyla once tried to save from the Transfer.
Cooper Flanders – Laken’s love interest.
Kresley Fisher – Obsessed with Wesley and Gage.
Grayson Evans – Kresley’s best friend.
Dr. Booth – Skyla’s old psychiatrist.
Dr. Flanders – Dr. Booth’s new partner. Father to Cooper.
Michelle Miller – Once a member of the high school “bitch squad” Former high school cheerleader. Previously obsessed with Marshall Dudley.
Lexy Bakova - Once a member of the high school “bitch squad” Former high school cheerleader.
Emily Morgan - Once a member of the high school “bitch squad” Former high school cheerleader. Mother to Ember Landon.
Natalie Coleman – Former girlfriend of Pierce Kragger.
Kate Winston – A friend who passed away in high school. She was Natalie’s best friend. Skyla accidentally killed her with her skis.
Carly Foster – Went to East Paragon High. Tormented Skyla with her crush on Logan.
Carson Armistead – Went to East Paragon High. Her younger brother is Gabriel, the love interest of Mia and Melissa.
Brielle Johnson - Skyla’s best friend. Beau’s mother and Drake’s love interest.
Darla Johnson – Brielle’s mother and the Landon’s next door neighbor.
Nicholas Haver – Leads the faction meetings on Paragon and the Council of the Superiors.
Items:
The protective hedge AKA “The Eye of Refuge”- A pendant (round silver filigree with a pale blue stone set in the center). Has protective qualities.
Spirit Sword – A sword with lethal properties that can protect and kill both humans and the Nephilim.
Realm of Possibilities – A mirror gifted to Demetri from Marshall. It allows whoever enters to create their own reality.
The Haunted Speculum – A mirror that closely resembles the Realm of Possibilities. The person who enters falls into a haunted plane. Also acts as a portal.
Celestial Entities
Five angelic factions (Descendants of the Nephilim) and their skills.
Celestra
1. Touch telepathy.
2. Strength, speed.
3. Time travel.
Countenance (often referred to as the Counts)
1. Strength, speed.
2. Greedy as hell. (Skyla’s analysis)
Noster
1. Strength, speed.
2. See through walls.
3. Teleportation.
4. Levitate.
5. The gift of knowing (although rare for a Noster).
Deorsum
1. Strength speed.
2. Have the ability to influence people.
Levatio
1. Strength, speed.
2. Teleportation.
3. Levitate.
4. The gift of knowing.
Sectors – The most sacred order of angelic beings.
Fems – A lower faction than Sectors and are therefore disgruntled with them. Able to shape shift into people’s fears.
Videns – Offspring belonging to Rothello. Sold to Demetri.
Spectators – Counts and Celestra who are frozen in a partial state of rigor after reanimation. Similar to zombies.
Other Celestial beings: Powers, Principalities, Virtues, Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim, Seraphim, Archangels, Angels.
Supervising Spirit – A spirit who is bound to serve another.
Binding Spirit – A spirit who constricts entry.
Spirit spouse – A binding covenant between two beings that is not a consummated union, but a spiritual bond that, usually, leads to holy matrimony.
Delphinius – An angelic being who prognosticates. Assisted with the faction war.
Decision Council – Comprised of Candace Messenger, two Sectors, and Rothello of the Soullennium. They design destinies for Nephilim and humans alike.
Justice Alliance – The highest court for angelic beings.
Council of the Superiors – The Nephilim order of supreme faction leaders.
Steel Barricade – A new regrouping of Counts that plan on taking down the Nephilim as a whole.
Places:
Paragon Island – Off the coast of Washington state. 26 miles in length.
Points of interest: Black Forest, Falls of Virtue, Devil’s Peak, Rockaway Beach, Pike’s Reef, The Estates (A gated community—home of the Olivers, the Harrisons, Marshall Dudley, Demetri Edinger, Nicholas Haver).
Host Island – Home of Host University.
Ethereal plane – An alternate dimensional plane. Spiritual in nature.
Ahava – Exists on the ethereal plane. The Decision Council holds court there.
Paradise of God - Heaven
Soullennium – Where angelic beings are allowed to roam. The Nephilim do not have access to this on their own.
The Tenebrous Woods (the Celestra tunnels) – A plane where the Countenance house imprisoned Celestra.
Transfer – A dilapidated plane that houses disembodied Counts from another century trapped within its realm. Also houses a sophisticated laboratory where the Counts run various experiments.
Transport – A red jasper cave where newly departed souls are sent. The angels on duty sort them through to heaven or hell.
Butterfly room - Secret room in t
Treble – A portal opened to a different time. A temporary reality.
Light Drive – Time travel.
Acknowledgments
Big thank you to all of my lovely readers. This book was made for each and every one of you that loved and supported the Celestra series. Paragon has such a special place in my heart, and I’m more than thrilled to get to share it with you. I hope you’ll enjoy Skyla’s new adventures and have a good time right along with her.
A huge shout out to the two awesome ladies that have eyes like eagles, Christina Kendler and Rachel Tsoumbakos, nothing gets past you—and it’s a good thing. Big hugs to you both for putting up with my madness.
A special thank you to Delphina Miyares for taking the time to go through this monolithic text and help guide me where needed. You are made of solid gold!
To Sarah Freese who is a hero for having to deal with my constant and yet random questions at all hours of the day and night—thank you for putting up with my insanity. And a bigger thank you for always having all of the right answers. You really do amaze me. Thank you for helping me pull apart the manuscript and put it back together until it sparkled and shined. You always have the best suggestions.
Finally, to Him who sits on the throne; worthy is the Lamb. Your word is manna for my hungry soul. For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. You alone are enough. I owe you everything.
About the Author
Addison Moore is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who writes contemporary and paranormal romance. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan magazine. Previously she worked for nearly a decade as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit. She resides with her husband, four wonderful children, and two dogs on the West Coast where she eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not writing, she's reading.
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Table of Contents
The Distal Future
Prologue
1
In the Beginning
2
A Dragon’s Tale
3
The Horrible Surprise
4
Underneath a Lavender Skyla
5
Gage the Revelator
6
Covenant
7
Trust Without Borders
8
Smooth Operator
9
Sick as Sin
10
Testimony
11
The Wicked Truth
12
The Dragon and the Rose
13
Tears Over Paragon
14
Wild Abandon
15
Angels and Monsters
16
Now or Never
17
The Devil’s Dawn
List of Characters and Glossary
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Addison Moore, Celestra Forever After