Monday, 15 December 2014

Guest Blogger ~ Angel Martinez: A Christmas Cactus For The General

Gender Cues and Christmas
Maybe this seems like an odd inspiration for a story at first. But I become more aware of societal gender cues, some deeply ingrained and some enforced by rabid marketing, at this time of year. When I pick out presents for my nieces and nephews, I’m struck between the eyes continually with notions of what are “appropriate” gifts for girls versus boys. I want to run screaming from certain aisles because they offer only a monsoon of pink and from others because they place too much emphasis on violent, mechanical things.

In television ads, we get to watch young women cooing over diamonds and going starry eyed over the new cars their male protectors have purchased for them. Real women want shoes and makeup. Real men want trucks. Colors must be appropriate. Clothing styles rigidly separated along gender lines. Oh, and girls just want to get married from a very young age I’m reminded in an ad where two kids Skype Santa.

It annoys me at times and frightens me at others, how gender cues are rammed down our throats, so the idea for this story wasn’t such a huge leap. A being comes to this planet, forced to stay here because he has no way back, and none of our gender cues make sense to him. In fact, many of them are so turned upside-down for him that he simply can’t adopt them and remain sane.

And General Teer was born—elegant, effeminate in our eyes, graceful and proud and “A Christmas Cactus for the General” is the story of how he comes to live on this strange, confusing planet of ours.

A Christmas Cactus for the General
From the Chestnuts Roasting Anthology
Mischief Corner Books

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Blurb:
Exiled to Earth for perhaps the worst failure in Irasolan history, General Teer must assimilate or die. Earth is too warm, too wet, too foreign, but he does the best he can even though human males are loud, childish louts whom he can't imitate successfully. When a grieving seaplane pilot strikes up a strange and uneasy friendship with him, he finds he may have been too quick to judge human males. They are strange to look at, but perhaps not as unbearable as he thought.

Excerpt:
So much water. General Teer checked the boards again, but he had read his instruments correctly. In the entire vast universe, there were bound to be planets such as this one, but his Irasolan brain refused to accept it. So much water.

Granted, much of it was saline, but those huge salt-laden expanses drove weather patterns. There would be rain more than once every few years. Enough rain that plants grew on the surface, huge plants in some cases, the likes of which he could not have imagined in dreams.

Oxygen levels ran a bit high, the average temperature too warm for comfort. I have only two choices remaining, though: acclimate or die. Perhaps it would be better…

No. His Exalted Keeropness had taken that from him. Denied an honorable execution and sent into exile, his last shred of honor would burn in the winds of this alien sun if he took his life now. No one would know, of course. Still, the idea was too repugnant to entertain for more than a moment.

Teer tapped into the record pod to send his final message home. "I, General Teer of the Second Horath, hero of the Violet Day Offensive, acknowledge my arrival in orbit around the planet of exile. I confirm that I have no knowledge of this system's coordinates. My stasis sleep remained uninterrupted throughout transit. I failed you, Karet. For that, I am deeply sorry. For the good of the people and the Keerop, I resign myself to this uncharted gravity well. May the mother of seeds have mercy on me."

With a sharp hiss, the landing pod closed around him, molding to his body so tightly he felt he would suffocate until the inner membrane began to feed him oxygen in little sips, just enough to keep him alive. The edges of his vision darkened. It was better to make these pod flights half-conscious.

The words of an old spacer's prayer whispered in his head as the pod launched. I step out of the great night into the unknown. May the gravity pit's clutching embrace leave me breath and bone.

About Angel:
While Angel Martinez is the erotic fiction pen name of a writer of several genres, she writes both kinds of gay romance—Science Fiction and Fantasy. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware, (and full time inside the author's head) Angel has one husband, one son, two cats, a changing variety of other furred and scaled companions, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate.

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Guest Blogger ~ Piper Vaughn: The Working Elf Blues

Holiday Traditions
Hi, all! Thanks to NJ for having me on her blog today. :)

In my upcoming Christmas novelette, my main character, Wes, has a tradition of escaping to his secluded mountain cabin every December to spend the holiday season alone with his four sledding dogs. On Christmas Day, he cooks himself dinner, watches “Miracle on 34th Street,” and falls asleep in front of the fire. After growing up mainly in foster care, he has no family to speak of, and his tradition is a lonely one that Garnet, the elf in love with Wes, wishes to finally break by joining Wes for Christmas this year. Garnet literally crashes into Wes’s life and shakes everything up, inspiring him to start some new traditions, and bringing love and magic into his life at the same time.

My family’s traditions have changed over the years, as people moved away and others got closer. Typically we would gather at my parents’ house on Christmas Eve with various relatives for dinner, music, drinking, and some early gift-exchanging. In recent years, my mom started the tradition of buying the entire family coordinated pajamas and making us where them on Christmas day. We put them on, exchange our gifts, munch on food, watch movies, and just laze around the house all day. My mom does attend some church activities, but that isn’t something we do as a family. Mostly our family gatherings revolve around food. Which, hey, I’m not complaining. I’m a fan of good food. :D

Speaking of traditions, a personal one of mine is actually gorging on as many holiday-related stories as I can every November thru January. Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s Eve, Thanksgiving. If it takes place on a winter holiday, I can’t wait to get my hands on it. I’ve already read several, and I look forward to indulging for the rest of the month. 

Do you celebrate any holidays this time of year? If so, what are your traditions? Do you travel? Gather at a specific relative’s house? Take turns hosting? I always like hearing about what other people do. :)

~Piper

 
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Blurb:
Garnet Evergreen has never heard of an elf abandoning the North Pole for a human, but he yearns to be the first. Ever since he saw Wes, the boy with sorrowful eyes, Garnet felt an undeniable kinship. Over the years, he’s watched that boy grow into a man, and now he’s determined to give Wes a Christmas he’ll never forget. If only Garnet had thought to test his father’s sleigh before leaving…
Orphaned as a child, Wes spends every Christmas alone at his cabin. When he’s woken by a suspicious boom and finds a wrecked sleigh and an unconscious elf, he doesn’t know how to react. Wes isn’t fanciful. He doesn’t give much credence to the stories about Santa Claus and flying reindeer. But a part of him wants desperately to believe when Garnet promises forever, even if life has taught him that no one ever stays…

Author Bio:
Piper Vaughn wrote her first love story at eleven and never looked back. Since then, she’s known that writing in some form was exactly what she wanted to do. A reader at the core, Piper loves nothing more than getting lost in a great book—fantasy, young adult, romance, she loves them all (and has a two thousand book library to prove it!). She grew up in Chicago, in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, and loves to put faces and characters of every ethnicity in her stories, so her fictional worlds are as colorful as the real one. Above all, she believes that everyone needs a little true love in their life…even if it’s only in a book.

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Sunday, 14 December 2014

Guest Blogger ~ K-lee Klein: Unwrapped Hearts Giveaway

Unbreak My Heart #3
Today is the release day for Unwrapped Hearts, an Unbreak My Heart story, so I thought I'd expound a little on one of my favorite men, Mr. Brett Taylor.

I can't speak for all writers, but sometimes I think characters pop up into our heads and hearts and demand more attention than others. They're the characters that don't leave us even after a few a stories. They might go dormant for a little while, but they always reappear with demands, and they won't accept being used as secondary characters in someone else's book.

Brett Taylor is one of those characters for me. He's bossy and mouthy, but can also be sweet as pie and heart-wrenching as hell. I love all my characters & Brett's partner, JT Campbell is no exception, yet Brett stands out in my mind as both an emotional disaster and a true accomplishment.

When I wrote Unbreak My Heart, Brett took me on an impassioned ride. There were times I had to put him away, so to speak, because all the emotions I was putting into him were coming straight from me, and were destroying me at the same time. I went through the gamut of feelings, and it was all worth the pain because once the book was published, I discovered readers went through some of the same emotions that I did. I think that's the ultimate compliment for any author.

This is the third story in the Unbreak My Heart universe and it was the easiest to write. Brett was in a good mood when he kept kicking up a ruckus in my head. And since Unwrapped Hearts is a Christmas story, I'm glad it turned out as sweet as it did. We all deserve a little calm in the sea of drama and angst, and Brett & JT are no exception. I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you leave a comment to be entered in the draw for an ebook copy of Unwrapped Hearts. The giveaway will be open until December 20. Thanks for having me NJ and happy holidays, everyone!

Unwrapped Hearts will be available only at Amber Allure until after the holidays and they have every format to suit your needs. 


~K-lee

Blurb
Brett Taylor and JT Campbell have been together for over a year, and Brett is like a little kid when it comes to Christmas morning. He has plans for the two of them to have some quiet time, open gifts, and maybe even share some sweet loving before relatives descend on them for dinner.

Brett has on his Santa hat and his sexy surfer-boy lover right where he wants him, until a certain whirlwind of a pup takes matters into his own hands. Whiz isn’t about to be left out of the Christmas celebration, and he’ll do whatever it takes to demand his daddies’ attention...

Author Bio
K-lee Klein has lived in one part of Western Canada or another for her entire life. She’s a doting mother of three now-grown kids, and has had characters and plots running around her head for as long as she can remember. Her days consist of planning her next tattoo design for her growing collection, and fighting off an abundance of fabulous gay men, large and small, bouncing off the walls of her skull, competing for their turns to tell their stories.

Among her favorite sub-genres to read and write are rock stars, cowboys, shifters, and opposites-attract relationships. But to be honest, she’s open to almost anything if it involves messing around in the heads of her characters. She’s also big on series—because she has a hard time letting her characters go—and is usually working on a handful of stories in various stages of completion all at the same time. 

Places to find K-lee.

Saturday, 13 December 2014

Guest Blogger ~ Chris McHart: Grenzen [Love In Germany]

Publisher: MLRPress
Length: 24000 words
Genre: Contemporary, BDSM, Holiday, Outside US

Blurb:
What do you do if the Dom you love is half a world away?

When work requires Ryan to leave behind warm and sunny Arizona for cold and snowy Germany, he decides to visit the famous Nuremberg Christmas Market where he meets sexy Julian.

But Julian isn't an average guy, he's a Dom. And he wants Ryan to be his sub.

That's something Ryan has dreamt of, but never admitted to anyone, not even himself. With Julian it suddenly becomes possible.

But what happens once Ryan has to go home, especially since he's developing feelings for Julian?

There isn't a future for a relationship if you're half a world apart...


Excerpt:
I stared at the busy market in front of me. A lot of people wandered in and out, like bees in a hive. I took a deep breath, the rich aroma of caramelized sugar, along with cinnamon, wine, and sausages tickling my nose. Saliva collected in my mouth, and my stomach rumbled. I could definitely find something to eat here where all these delicious odors were coming from.

Nuremberg showed itself from its best side, everything sparkling and blinking. My German coworkers hadn’t exaggerated when they told me I needed to visit the market. They had even offered to accompany me, but after a day of hearing “Ryan, here”, and “Ryan, take a look”, I wanted nothing more than to not see any more of them. Even if they were quite friendly. The only exception was David, but we hadn’t been getting along before we came here to work as well. I hadn’t expected this to change just because we were abroad. But I wouldn’t think about him now, the evening was too nice for that.

Night had fallen about two hours ago, and by the time I left the office and arrived at the Christmas Market, the city was illuminated by the lights of the booths and the huge Christmas trees. A carol echoed over the place—Silent Night, if I wasn’t mistaken. It was in German, so I wasn’t completely sure, but the refrain sounded like the famous title.

Lonely snowflakes swirled around me and added a layer of magic to the breathtaking scene. I watched a few melting on my parka as soon as they landed, then shoved my hands deeper into my pockets and walked over the slightly slippery cobblestones to the entrance.

Masses of people meandered through the narrow alleys between the huts. I just mingled with them, letting the other visitors take me with them past the stalls. I didn’t have to hurry, just followed the flow. When something really caught my eye, I tried to slow down, but it was sometimes impossible. Too many bodies pushing forward, and it would have cost me a certain amount of power to break free. Energy I didn’t want to use. So I didn’t, and just went from booth to booth.

One sold the hot wine my coworkers had told me about, the cinnamon scent being more prominent up close. I craved all the different sweets on the next stand, while some strong smelling herbs cut off my hunger a bit at another one. It was all simply beautiful.

A sausage seller’s stall caught my eye. Or rather, the seller did, and then the aroma hit me. My mouth watered just thinking of tasting some of the delicious smelling sausages roasting in front of him. This time, I wriggled through the crowd, determined to take a closer look at the guy preparing the food. He was young, about my age, with dark, tousled hair and a sexy smile.

The line wasn’t too long, and before I had time to figure out what exactly to say with my limited German vocabulary, it was my turn.
Hallo. Was darf’s sein?”

I was pretty sure the guy had asked what I wanted to eat. “Hello. Ein—” What the hell was that word? I searched for a price chart. Bratwurst. Great. That helped a lot. Was it spoken the same way as in English? I had no idea.

“Oh, you speak English? You want three sausages in a roll?” he asked in good, although slightly accented English.

“Uh, yes, please.” Heat crept up on my face. The guy grinned at me and prepared my food. Up close the aroma of the sausages was even better, a tantalizing grilled scent mixed with something I couldn’t define. I could almost taste them before I even had my order.

Author Bio:
Chris McHart is from Germany and while an accountant, writing is Chris’s real passion. Chris likes to spend time with family and has way too many animals that demand constant attention. Chris also enjoys landscaping and cooking.

Whenever Chris has a free minute, it’s spent writing on a laptop, a cup of coffee in hand, deeply lost in the world Chris’s muses have created.

When coming up for some air, you’ll find Chris on a lot of social networks. Check out Chris’s website to see where you can find out more. Chris looks forward to hearing from you!

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Friday, 12 December 2014

Em's Turn ~ My 12 Days of Christmas



Well it's that time of year
If I have to celebrate Christmas
I'm doing it my style
So enjoy!
Catch you all in the New Year






















Thursday, 11 December 2014

Guest Blogger ~ Peyton Brittany Clarke: Blood Bond

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Blurb
Time is running out for CIA Agent Colton McClain. Caught between two worlds, he must choose—his Ferae side or human; he can’t have both. Haunted by his own failures and his family's past, Colton refuses to follow their same path. His wife Lizzie and his husband Jarrod are caught in the middle. Threatened by the townspeople for having a marriage with two alpha males instead of the traditional alpha and beta, the clock is ticking on how long they can live together as a family. Add on the fact that one of them gets the Rut because of their unconventional relationship, all bets are off that they will maintain the happiness they so desire. But their love is strong; still, can it defeat Colton’s fears? He is the key. Now he must act.

General Excerpt
After having dropped Brody off with his parents, Lizzie was finally able to go home and prepare her husbands’ dinner. She sat down on the sofa in the family room and watched as her men as they ate their dinner and played their wretched video game. Not particularly hungry, she took small bites as she watched them hassle each other over their tactics.

“Hahaha! The cops are after you,” Jarrod mocked. He wore his baseball cap backward, causing a tendril of sandy blond hair to hang out of its side. Lean and muscular with a medium frame, his six-foot-two-inch build held no hint to the real physical strength he was able to muster.

Of the two, he was more introspective. Sometimes she often thought it was because he was a rogue. They were naturally quiet and solitary. But Colton was a rogue, too, and he was the exact opposite, at least when it came to the quiet part. A thinker, Jarrod did not move before planning the whole thing out. Unobtrusive, he could be standing beside someone in the room and the person would not even know that he was there, much less hear him come in. He was also the most secretive about what he did outside their home. Whenever she asked, he’d reply that it had nothing to do with their life here.

“Thanks to Jarrod’s wrangling, he messed up all of my stashes,” Colton complained. With hair the color of raw sienna, cut short with small waves tapering toward his neck, hollow, piercing, icy blue eyes, and a body like steel, she gave thanks every day that he was her alpha. A handful nonetheless, he was her handful, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“With all that happens in the world today, I would think you’d want to play something less violent.” She rolled her eyes.

“Yes, true, but they don’t make an interesting version of the Care Bears game,” Colton quipped, jerking at the game’s controller.

“Do they have a Divorce Court one?” she asked dryly.

“Not for the Ferae,” Colton replied, not looking up. “Honey, get me a beer?”

Jarrod laughed. “Good one. Baby, get me one too.” He mewled, making a sound reminiscent of a whimper. His was soft, low and endearing making her heart flutter.

The sound was a heartbreaker she could not not resist.

“I’m trying to eat. Why can’t you get it yourselves?” she said, standing up.

“Please?” Jarrod said, mewling again. His eyes grew wide, brows raised.

She sighed, her heart not allowing her to say no. “I only do this because I love you. Lest you think I support your habit of playing that stupid game, which encourages the worst behavior.”

Lizzie waited for a response but they ignored her, engulfed in the game once again.

“Baby, Alpha’s thirsty,” Colton whined.

She picked up her plate and took it into the kitchen with her.

“Two bottles of beer, coming up,” she said, flipping off the caps of the ice-cold brew. She sniffed it and smiled. It was a local brew. The flowery notes of Calendula struck her nose. The little perennial was one of the few substances that intoxicated their kind, because alcohol on its own, though pleasant tasting, did not.

She heard a chirp and frowned, wondering what it was. She heard it again. It came from behind her. She glanced at her bag. Curious, she reached inside. Picking up her cell phone, she looked at it. She had turned it off in the store, so why was it making noise now? She pressed the button on the side that unlocked it. The battery was dying.

She searched through the junk drawer in the kitchen, pulled out a cord, and plugged it in. She turned it on and saw that she had a text message.

Lizzie opened it. It’s been set. I’m sorry, I tried my best. Good luck.

She texted back. Are you sure?

She chewed her bottom lip as she awaited a response. It came soon enough. Yes. Tried everything. The rest is up to you.

A shiver went down her spine. She folded her arms and pressed them tightly against her.

“Where’s our beer?” Colton asked behind her.

“Oh, sorry,” she said, unplugging the cell and placing it back in her purse. She handed him the bottles.

He paused. “Something wrong?”

“No. Nothing at all.”

ADULT EXCERPT
She escorted him to the front door. Standing inches away from him, she heard his sound breathing.

“I wasn’t even trying hard. Poor baby, are you bored?” she whispered.

He leaned forward and sniffed the crook of her neck, making her spine tingle. His hot breath beaded on her skin. His body oozed with the potency and virility of a powerful alpha male while his spicy scent made her head spin and her mound wet.

“You think you can keep up?” she asked, her breaths jagged.

“I was gonna ask you the same thing.”

His piercing blue eyes constricted as he pulled her to him. His mouth claimed hers in a hot kiss, taking her breath away. Pulling away with a hiss, he nipped at the flesh on her neck and shoulder. Bathed in pleasure, her brain switched off as she pulled off his blazer and tossed it aside. He licked her lips and devoured her mouth as they stumbled over the furniture, peeling away layers of clothing.

Her back slammed against her bedroom door as he pressed his body against hers and traced her lips with his tongue. The more he toyed with her, the harder it was to control the primal desire inside her. If she let loose she knew she would hurt this citified ferae, so tamed by the normal humans in this world.

He grabbed her ass and lifted her, wrapping her legs around his hips, and thrust forward, grinding his hard crotch into her center. She grunted as he thrust again, pushing the breath out of her body. She unwrapped her legs and pushed him away and then turned him around and climbed onto his back. She wrapped one arm around his neck and the other around his chest and squeezed, swearing in their ancient tongue. She squeezed and squeezed, crushing his solar plexus, releasing all of the hormones for his mating desire. He writhed under her grip, nearly gasping from the lover’s embrace. He fell to the floor, causing her to land on her back.

He paused, caught his breath and grinned. “I thought so.” Scooping her up with one arm, he slung her over his shoulder.

Lizzie giggled with a dreamy, awesome pleasure he hadn’t experienced in years.

He tossed her onto the bed and ripped off her panties then spread her legs. He buried her face in her mound and devoured her center. Her ecstasy grew as his tongue darted in and out of her opening. She closed her eyes, trying to hold back the crest that was building to a climax, moaning and writhing from his touch. He unzipped his fly, freeing his thick, meaty cock. His rigid pole stood straight, its tip dripping with pre-cum.

She gasped as he sank into her, filling her completely. She moaned from the pleasure and the pain as he pounded her, causing her to keen with delight. He paused and looked into her eyes, before withdrawing and turning her over. Putting her on all fours, he penetrated once again, grabbing her by the scruff of her hair with one hand and holding her hip with the other.

She grunted with each thrust as his powerful ministration shook her and the bed. It had been a long time since any man had worked this good. He craned her back further, wedging his cock into the surface of her cervix and grinding. She moaned gutturally.

He released her hair and held her still as he nailed her sweet spot over and over again. She wailed her climax, again and again and again. Her arms and legs became weak as he continued to take her from behind. He spread her legs further apart, grunted as he pushed into her again. She came once again, her juices pouring all over him. His seemingly boundless stamina began to drain her.  The muscles in her center grew sore from the pressure of his rock-hard dick.

She knew an alpha of his status could go all night. And she just wasn’t ready. She tightened her mound. He paused and whimpered. He attempted to thrust once again. He didn’t want to come but she was going to make him. It was the only way she could survive the encounter and still being able to walk in the morning.

She tightened her muscles once again and then drew on them, milking him. He panted and contorted his expression in pain. He grew rigid and shrieked. The Taking was working. No ferae male liked or wanted the Taking, but often it was a female’s only defense from such an onslaught.

About Peyton
Peyton lives in Michigan where she dreams of summers that aren't so humid. She and her husband have been married for over a decade and he often lends a helping hand or opinion or two when she's writing a steamy love scene.

She loves to travel and hopes to make it to a romance writers convention sometime soon to meet her idols in the genre without getting too much "stalkage" in the process.

When she is not on the net, she is reading about the life of her latest "book boyfriend" from a favorite author or in the midst of creating her own.

If you'd like to to contact her, drop her an e-mail. She loves hearing from her fans and admirers.

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Guest Blogger ~ Charlie Richards: A Nip Of Good Cheer [A Loving Nip]

Coming Soon from eXtasy Books!
Release Date: December, 2014

BLURB:
Just a little Love Bite: When you ignore your senses, you can miss out on something pretty important.

Daystrum Striplan, second in command of the Esson vampire coven, knows he's been distracted the past month or two. He just can't figure out what tugs at his mind...or rather...whom. Every night Daystrum's dreams are plagued by a slender male figure with striking blue eyes. When he wakes, his fangs ache with the need to sink them into the man's column of tanned flesh and taste his blood. Unfortunately, Daystrum can't remember where or when--hell, even if--he's met the man in his dreams. Then, the evening of the coven Christmas party, Daystrum scents the object of his obsession, Korbin Harris. Unfortunately, he's not the only one who notices the human. Vargas, a leading member of a visiting coven also expresses his interest, and that vampire doesn't have to beg forgiveness for forgetting their first meeting...a meeting that Korbin remembers. Can Daystrum earn the forgiveness and affection of his wayward beloved?


Excerpt:
Daystrum followed the trail of Korbin’s scent. Rounding the corner, he spotted Korbin pacing back and forth in the hallways, three steps to the left, four steps to the right, and back again. Korbin ran a hand through his short, black hair, then rested his hand on the back of his neck and massaged the tendons there.

Even clearly agitated, Daystrum found Korbin the sexiest man he’d ever seen. However, he didn’t like seeing the young man so worked up. Unable to fight the need to soothe Korbin, Daystrum started toward him.

Korbin had just hung up the phone when Daystrum reached his side and rested a hand on his shoulder. The human jerked sideways, away from his touch, as he spun to face him. Daystrum lifted his hands in the universal easy does it signal.

“Crap, you startled me,” Korbin muttered. His cheeks flushed a pretty shade of pink as he held his hand to his chest. “Wh-What are you doing here?”

“I apologize,” Daystrum told him. “I saw you slip away and wanted to make certain you were okay.” He paused, thinking quickly, before adding, “I could scent that you were a bit upset.” Waving a hand vaguely toward the phone Korbin held in his right hand. “Is everything okay?”

Licking his lips, Korbin’s gaze flicked from him to the wall toward the floor, back to his face again. “Uh, n-no,” he said, shifting nervously from foot to foot. “My friend Paul needs help.”

Korbin returned his free hand to his neck again and massaged the tendons again, clearly agitated. He lowered his gaze, then his cheeks flushed darker. As Daystrum watched, Korbin’s eyes widened just a bit, then he snapped his head back up. His scent intensified.

Daystrum’s mouth watered with the scent of Korbin’s blood rushing to his face, the life-giving force pounding through the veins of his neck. The heady scent called to Daystrum. He took a step forward and rested a hand on Korbin’s shoulder, his thumb rubbing over the Korbin’s pulse point.

“Korbin.” Daystrum whispered the human’s name, his body nearly vibrating with the need to pull the man into is arms and make him his own. “Your smell—”

“I need to go,” Korbin whispered, tension thrumming under Daystrum’s fingertips.

Daystrum lifted his other hand to cup Korbin’s jaw. “And I need to taste your lips,” he whispered. “Then I will take you anywhere you want to go.” Daystrum knew it was a bit heavy-handed, but with the scent of Korbin’s arousal and blood causing his own senses to sing, his need overruled his good sense.

Lowering his hold from his neck to Korbin’s back, Daystrum tugged Korbin closer as he lowered his head. With the hand Daystrum had on Korbin’s jaw, he tilted his human’s head up. First, Daystrum brushed his lips over Korbin’s upper lip, then his lower, then he sealed his mouth over Korbin’s.

Korbin let out a strangled gasp, which Daystrum took full advantage of. He thrust his tongue out, slipping it between Korbin’s lips. Swirling around Korbin’s mouth, Daystrum explored the other man, enjoying his honey flavor mixed with a hint of beer. He lapped and teased Korbin’s tongue, entreating him to join in exploration.

Finally, Korbin’s lips relaxed, and he brought his free hand up to grip the lapel of Daystrum’s jacket. Leaning into him, Korbin’s head tilted just a bit more and his tongue came out to lap against Daystrum’s tentatively. Humming in appreciation, Daystrum suckled gently on the appendage. Korbin whined, feeding Daystrum’s need.

Wanting to hear more of those noises, Daystrum scraped his fang lightly over Korbin’s tongue. Korbin rewarded him with a groan and a fisted—phone-filled—hand pressed against his hip. Daystrum growled into his mouth, liking his soon-to-be lover’s responses. He wanted more…and he sure as hell wanted Korbin as his own.

With that primal thought in mind, when Korbin lapped at his fang, Daystrum changed the angle just enough to once again scrape his fang across Korbin’s tongue. The prick, harder this time, drew blood. Daystrum tasted the couple of beads that welled up, one sweet burst of flavor after another.

My beloved! 

About Charlie:
Charlie is a happily married mother of many four-legged furry animals. Born in Lakeland, Florida, raised in Orchard Park, New York, and currently living in...heck, yeah! I'm in Trail, Oregon! Been here just a short while & still getting acclimated. The neighbors are awesome & the scenery wonderful... I'll try not to let it distract me from writing to much.

Charlie has seen her share of frigid winters, stifling hot summers, and dry windy days. You'll often find her curled up on the sofa with her laptop and a cup of tea... or if it's in the evening, a glass of red wine, letting her imagination create her next book.

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