Chapter 1
This is my first story/trilogy so please be kind and respectful. This started out as fanfiction before deciding I wanted to give my OC [original character] some more depth and a back story so I created all new characters and stories. This work is completely original with tiny hints to my other beloved characters.
[For all my Nancy Drew Besties reading a big nod to you comes a bit later on]. And yes I am well aware that I tagged this like an ao3 fic but I needed to have trigger warnings to ensure the safety and comfort of my readers. Said trigger warnings will also be administered at the start of each chapter.
Genre: F/M/F, M/M, F/F
Warning: A lot of the history referenced in this book is explained more in depth in Book 2 Age of Heroes [the history of the 7 realms, the prophecy and story of the lost kingdoms etc.] It serves as a prequel book to this, both can be read as stand alones however it is more meaningful to read the entire series. Book 1 Gates of Etherion, Book 2 Age of Heroes and Book 3 Wrath of the Underworld. Book 3 cannot be read as a stand alone.
Tags: miscommunication, cheating, angst with a/an ambiguous/open ending, suicidal thoughts, dubious consent, graphic description of violence, dark character arcs, non-con (minors cannot consent), betrayal, sibling dynamics, mutual pining, past/failed relationship, hurt feelings, break-up, reputation era [jace wayland/herondale/morgenstern/lightwood style], close proximity, soulmate au, body image issues, mentions of eating disorder, referenced/implied character death, mutual pining, temporary major character death, reimagined Persephone and Hades [greek mythology], minor greek/roman/norse mythology, grooming [teacher x student relationship], mental illness [add, adhd, depression, bpd etc.], internalized homophobia, NSFW
Vocabulary to note
Demi-God - Half God and Half Human
Nephilim - Half Demi-God and Half Human born from a pairing of a demi-god and human or from a line of pure blooded Nephilims
Olympus - Home to the council of the Gods and Demi-Gods
Virgula - Magical conduit for magic [similar to a wand] it helps focus and direct a nephilim’s power
Hermes Forest - Hermes is the greek god of travel thus in order to portal to other realms like the capital [earth] you need to go into his forest for permission and safety
Figmil Tree - Tree that represents protection and security
Xayamann Blade - Demon killing blade
Garmel Demon - Demon that acts like a worm with the hard outer shell of a snail; can grow to be five feet long and very large
Character List
Eliza Grayson Hayes
Sophia Mia Spade
Mateo Dominic Hart
Easton Benjamin St. James
Harper Avery St. James
Noah Ashford
Theo Archer Whitlock
Achilles of Jesimph
Playlist
Boss B*tch - Doja Cat “i’m the whole damn cake and the cherry on top”
Heaven - Julia Micheals “falling for him was like falling from grace”
Crazy in Love - Beyonce “such a funny thing to explain how i’m feeling and my pride is the one to blame”
Everybody knows - Sigrid “everybody knows the fight was fixed- the poor stayed poor the
right got rich - everybody knows ” “everybody knows you’ve been faithful give or take a
night or two”
Never Tear Us Apart “oh I love your precious heart” “they could never ever tear us apart- if
I hurt you, I’d make wine from your tears”
As the world caves in - Sarah Cothran “we’re gonna nuke each other up” “oh girl it’s you that i lie with as the atom bomb locks in”
Daddy Issues - The Neighbourhood “take [take] you [you] like [like] a [a] drug [drug x3]”
You broke me first - Tate McRae “you should have told me you were thinking bout someone else”
Numb - Aubrey Joseph “empty bottles on the nightstand where do i land”
Into It - Chase Atlantic “i haven’t really changed i’m just confident” “this mental pressure got me poppin pills”
Falling - Why Don’t We “can’t you see that i’m lost and i want the truth”
We Belong - Dove Cameron “think i’m allergic to every other person”
Uh oh - Jeremy Shada “i think i’m falling in love with you but uh oh I get the feeling you don’t want to take things slow”
Streets - Doja Cat “we tried to fight it but we both been through some things”
Pacify Her - Melanie Martinez “someone told me stay away from things that aren’t yours but was he yours if wanted me so bad”
Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys “do I wanna know if this feeling flows both ways’
Need to know - Doja Cat “wanna know what it’s like - baby show me what it’s like - baby i need to know ” “I just been fantasising”
She Knows - J. Cole “bad things happen to the people you love you find yourself praying up to heaven above i’ve never had much sympathy cause those bad things always saw them coming for me” “you got a man back home what you want”
Breathless - Noah and Star [Star tv series] “i have you hooked by the morning you be coming back - like you didn’t expect that my body have you so out of place”
Teeth - 5 Seconds Of Summer “beg you to stay - don’t know if you love me or want me dead”
Pray “i’ve been playing with my demons making trouble for myself”
High Enough - k. Flay “i don’t like anyone better than you, it’s true ”
Waves - Normani “i just might go off the deep end” “when i’m with someone else it’s feeling like i’m cheating”
Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High - Arctic Monkeys “it’s three in the morning and i’m trying to change your mind ”
Concrete - Teyanna Taylor “my body is your addiction my touch is your affliction I speak you never listen somehow we stay consistent”
Corpus Christi - PRETTYMUCH “i think she miss me - she going undercover just so she could kiss me”
Careless Whispers - George Micheal “maybe it’s better this way we hurt each other with the things we want to say”
Dark Red - Steve Lacy “i just hope she don’t wanna leave me - don’t you give me up please don’t give up”
I wanna be yours - Arctic Monkeys “secrets I have held in my heart are harder to hide than I thought maybe I just wanna be yours, I wanna be yours ”
Madds Buckley - The Red Means I Love You “and goodness your bleeding what a wonderful feeling you’re down and you’re pleading my head is just reeling the red means I love you tasting your blood means I love you”
Superfruit - GUY.exe “romantic love but keep it rough, Am I asking too much?”
Traitor - Olivia Rodrigo “ain’t it funny how you ran to her the second that we called it quits”
Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish “i don’t relate to you, no, cause I’d never treat me this shitty, you made me hate this city”
Woman - doja cat “let me be your woman I can be your woman”
Beggin’ - maneskin “i’m beggin, beggin you, put your loving hand out baby”
Cupid’s Chokehold - Gym Class Heroes “if that ain’t love then I don’t know what love is” “i know i’m young but if i had to choose her or the sun I’d be one nocturnal son of a gun”
Industry baby - Lil nas x ft. Jack Harlow “i told you long ago, on the road, i got what they waiting for” “i sent her back to her boyfriend with my handprint on her asscheeks”
First Burn - Hamilton “you said you were mine i thought you were mine” “you’ve married an icarus he’s flown too close to the sun” “heaven forbid someone whispers he’s part of some scheme”
Love Songs - Kaash Paige “no competition just competing for attention”
Masquerade - Siouxxie “seek them out now one by one dropping bodies like a nun two twin clocks named bonnie and clyde slide through roofs like I’m tom cruise ”
Harry Nilsson - One “one is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know, two can be as bad as one it’s the loneliest number since the number one”
Cake - Melanie Martinez “i’m not a piece of cake” “you’ll miss the slice of heaven that I gave to you last night”
You Right - Doja Cat ft. the weekend “i got a man but I want it’s just nerves” “making me think bout someone new”
Teacher’s Pet - Melanie Martinez “if I’m so special why am I secret” “i know I’m young but my mind is well beyond my years” “you were her desire now she wants to light you on fire”
ABCDEFU - Gayle “f you and your mom and your sister and your car”
Youngblood - 5 seconds of summer “you used to call me baby now you’re calling me by name” “one of us gets too drunk and calls about a hundred times”
Achilles, Come Down - Gang Of Youths “remember your virtue, redemption lies plainly in the truth”
Once Upon A Dream - Lana Del Rey “i know you I walked with you once upon a dream”
Enemy - Imagine Dragons ft. J.I.D. “oh the misery, everybody wants to be my enemy”
Houndin - Layto “love me, hate me you the one to chase me”
Lost boy - Ruth B “he came to me with the sweetest smile”
Burn Butcher Burn - Joey Batey “now watch me laugh as i burn all the memories of you”
Dead in the water - Spelles “you left me dead in the water”
My jolly sailor bold - Ashley Serena “my heart is pierced by cupid”
No time to die - Billie Eilish “was I stupid to love you? was I reckless to help? was it obvious to everybody else?” “i have fallen for a lie, you were never on my side” “fool me once, fool me twice, are you death or paradise?”
Copy Cat - Billie Eilish “perfect murder” “you better love me, ’cause you’re just a clone”
Montero - Lil Nas X “i do not care if your lying”
Secret - Joshua Bassett “your secret’s safe with me”
Rasputin - Boney M. “there lived a certain man in russia long ago, he was big and strong in his eyes a flaming glow”
House of Memories - Panic! At the disco “we built this house on memories”
God must hate me - Catie Turner - “can’t hold myself responsible, so I blame the metaphysical, if Jesus died for all our sins, he left one behind, the body I’m in, same hands that made the moon and the stars, got carpal tunnel and forgot some parts”
Black Sheep - Brie Larson “our common goal was waiting for the world to end”
Eurythmics - Sweet dreams “sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? i’ve travelled the world and the seven seas, everybody’s lookin’ for something”
Strange Addiction - Billie Eilish “you are my strange addiction” “bad bad news one of us is gonna lose”
More Songs and tags will be added as the story progresses. If you have thoughts, theories, ideas or corrections don’t hesitate to leave them in the comments or follow and @ me on my Grayson specific twitter e_davidwrites with the hashtag #graysonseriesedw. I would love to know your fancasts as well. [Hateful comments will be reported and users will be blocked]
