Katra

Kat has served Artemis for thousands of years and is her head attendant. She is fiercely loyal to her, but she is also loyal to Apollymi, though no one in sure why. A mystery on all sides, Kat makes her first appearance in Kiss of the Night where she is the bodyguard to Cassandra.


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 b*****d 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...