A Song of Saints and Swans

Contents Series Note Typos & Languages Warning, Content & Triggers Stalk C. Rochelle FINAL WITCHY WARNING Prologue: Once There Was and Once There Was Not Only Rage Remains A Single Step Forgotten Gods Do You Remember? Secrets Buried Deep Kintsugi A First Taste of Worship The Fragility of Hope Thawing a Frosted Heart Time Waits for no God Turn Your Back to the Forest Witchy-Woo Let Down Your Guard The Bonds That Tie Don’t Shoot the Messengers The Eye of the Storm Secrets Revealed Roots Epilogue: Winter’s Death, Rebirth, and Dreams A Witchy Word From the Depths: A Yaga’s Riders Tale Blurb Honey Trap Skazkis Corpse Reviver No. 2 Lullaby Playing for Keeps Nesting Doll Bloodlust Atonement All the Stars in Siberia It’s Just a Bunch of Va Ju-Ju Voodoo: A Yaga’s Riders Halloween Special Untitled Author’s Note & Acknowledgments Reviews Yaga’s Riders Playlist Books by C. Rochelle About the Author Glossary Copyright © 2023 C. Rochelle First Printing: 2023 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Author's Note: The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. All characters in this story are 18 years of age and older, and all sexual acts are consensual. If you’ve read this, hold onto your handlebar horns. Cover design by divineconception.net Series Note The characters in this novella are from The Yaga’s Riders trilogy by C. Rochelle and takes place after the events of Call of the Ride (book 3). You will need to read the trilogy first. You can find the completed trilogy here (also available on Audible): Rise of the Witch A Witch Out of Time Call of the Ride The Yaga’s Riders (omnibus + spicy bonus content) Typos & Languages While many people have gone over this book to find typos and other mistakes, we are only human. If you spot an error, please do NOT report it to Amazon. Please Note: Asa/Ace/Acey are NOT typos. Those are the character’s name/nicknames. Likewise, ‘Thia is a nickname for Anthia, Rena a nickname for Marena, and Jar is a nickname for Jarilo. Found something else? Send me an email: [email protected] or use this form (also found in my FB group, pinned under Featured/Announcements) Glossary Note: The characters in this series are an international bunch, and while they all speak English, they pepper in slang from their home countries, which I’ve italicized and written phonetically. I do translate during the course of the story, but please keep the glossary in the back of this book handy, for reference. Warning, Content & Triggers The Yaga’s Riders universe is based on the folklore of Baba Yaga, and other Slavic tales, with many—often ridiculous—creative liberties taken. All books in the series feature a love-is-love mentality and heroines (and heroes) who never have to choose. There are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead if you have not read The Yaga’s Riders trilogy. Please note: A Song of Saints & Swans is a NOVELLA, meaning the main story is slightly shorter than a full-length novel. However, please enjoy the TWO bonus tales included. This series is meant for readers 18 and over Content, Tropes & Kinks: Multiple, first-person POV (you’ll be hearing from all three main characters) MFF menage (love is love) Swan shifter getting busy with twin gods (NO shifted play and NO on-page taboo) Slavic mythology Enemies-to-lovers and friends-to-lovers relationship arcs Domme/sub + switch bedroom dynamics Praise (and edging) for a “Good boy” Dirty talk & DP Temperature play (fire and ice) Bondage (with magical, godly vines) Horns & feathers Stalk C. Rochelle NEW! Join my Clubhouse of Smut on Patreon Sign up for my newsletter Join my C. Rochelle’s Little Sinners group Stalk me in all the places: Linktree C-Rochelle.com FINAL WITCHY WARNING There are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead if you have not read The Yaga’s Riders trilogy. Start HERE with Rise of the Witch. After Anthia’s tale, you’ll find From the Depths, a short piece originally written for the Into the Woods monster anthology. It introduces a couple of side characters in A Song of Saints & Swans, and takes place during events in A Witch Out of Time. So if you want to read things chronologically - start there. But nothing should be spoiled if you choose to read it after. The Yaga’s Riders Halloween Special - It’s Just a Bunch of Va Ju-Ju Voodoo - is also included in this book, as it was originally shared with newsletter subscribers, but otherwise has never been available in print. It stars our grumpy witch, Vasi,