Hump
in the Night by Nephylim
Blurb:
Aster is a vampire looking for someone. When he
finds Kia his plan is to fuck him and drain him, but Kia has other ideas.
Recognising Aster as the man he’s been waiting for, he turns the tide and
seduces him, shocking him with secrets from the past. Together, they enter into
an encounter that blows their minds and changes their lives forever.
Lucien is a werewolf. He’s always known he’s
different. Definitely not an Alpha like his father. More akin to the bitches
than the muscular Beta’s or lithe hunters he finds himself drawn to. When the
enigmatic lone wolf arrives, with his pure white hair and ice blue eyes, Lucien
is lost at first glance. After a burning hot dream he finally submits to the
dominant male destined to be his mate for life.
Dema and Meri’el are an unlikely coupling. In the
final war against good and evil they find themselves on opposing sides. Dema
the demon and Meri’el the son of the King of Angels. Drugging each other with
their bodies they unleash the primal fury of their true natures and rock the
foundations of the earth and the heavens.
Grey doesn’t believe in curses. When he uncovers
a cavern deep under the mountain feared by the villagers as a faery tomb, he
scoffs at the superstition, until he meets a stranger who lures him into the
wood. A steamy encounter in a forest glade has him wondering if being cursed is
such a bad thing after all.
Shay is mourning the death of his soul mate,
tormented by the fact he’d never told him how much he loved him. A knife in the
back in a dark alley steals his chance to finally prove his commitment, until
ghostly whisper in the same alley leads to a night of passion and the second
chance both men crave, to finally find peace.
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Excerpt:
Demon they called him. Demon, for the red of his
eyes, for the black of his skin, patterned with swirls and patterns of red, and
for his leathery wings, now furled tight against his back. And yes, he supposed
that demon he was, yet those he fought were no less ferocious than he, no more
strangers to battle and the atrocities inherent therein.
Angels they were called. Angels, for their bright
eyes, for their pale skin, glowing with light from within, and for their pure,
feathered wings that spread from their backs like those of great birds. Some of them, Seraphim they were called,
could kill at a glance, turn man or demon to dust in his shoes. And they were
the side of good, while he and all his people were ‘bad’.
The great fight between good and evil, this
battle was called. The final battle over the souls of men. He couldn’t care
less about men, their souls of any part of them. Sure, some of him kind liked
to dabble in the small lives of humans, but the angels interfered on a large
wider scale. No, this battle wasn’t about men, it was about territory and
power. It was one he hoped would be decided very soon. In fact, he was hopeful
that it would be ended with the dawn, when the King of Angels discovered his
son missing, and a letter in its place, inviting him to the negotiating table.
He happened to know that the king valued his son greatly and, if he wasn’t
prepared to parlay through force he was sure to be prepared to do so for love…
wasn’t he.
He jumped when a hand touched his shoulder, then
relaxed as they slid around him, to encircle him in a world of soft whiteness.
“I missed you in our bed,” a sweet voice purred
in his ear. “I thought I might find you here. You should rest, tomorrow will be
a long, hard day.”
The demon sighed and leaned back into the arms of
his lover, who nestled a cheek against his hair. He tilted up his head and the
smell of roses enveloped him, as the taller man bent his head to kiss him.
“So many have died,” he said sadly, when his lips
were freed. “So many – “
“Don’t think about what has gone. Think about how
many lives will be saved when we parlay tomorrow.”
“Will they? Will the king…”
He turned and rested his forehead against the
fine skin of his lover’s shoulder. A pair of pure white wings encircled him and
he raised his hand, burying his fingers in the downy under-feathers. Looking up
into the face of the angel who towered over him, he smiled and all his worries
fell away.
“Come back to bed,” Meri’el whispered and he
followed.
The bedchamber was dimly lit with muted lamps
behind the pale, gauzy curtains that obscured the walls and made it seem as if
they were lying inside a cloud. That was Meri’el’s influence. Dema preferred
black.
Dema stood at the foot of the bed and gazed down
at that snow white wings spread out over the bed like a coverlet and the pale,
translucent beauty lying between them, his golden hair standing up around his
head like a halo.
“You are so beautiful,” Dema breathed. “How can
you love someone like me?”
“Someone like you? Someone who is passionate and
wild and beautiful? It’s easy, my love. Come love me with passion.”
A red light flared in Dema’s eyes, turning his
vision crimson and he sank down into the soft feathers, taking possession of
Meri’el’s lips. Meri’el’s arms reached around him and pulled him close, the
hard leathery body against the soft yielding flesh.
Meri’el’s breath hitched as Dema’s hardness
stabbed into his hip. His own erection, standing up from its bed of gold,
slapped against his stomach as he raised his hips, writhing and trying to rub himself against his lover.
Dema, just as desperate moved to straddle
Meri’el, trapping their cocks between them, moving his hips to massage them
together. Meri’el whimpered, gasping and clawing at Dema’s back with his
fingernails, ineffective against the tough, leathery skin. “Take me, take me,”
he gasped.
*****
Nephylim was born into a poor mining family in
the South Wales Valleys. Until she was 16, the toilet was at the bottom of the
garden and the bath hung on the wall. Her refrigerator was a stone slab in the
pantry and there was a black lead fireplace in the kitchen. They look lovely in
a museum but aren’t so much fun to clean.
Nephylim has always been a storyteller. As a
child, she’d make up stories for her nieces, nephews and cousin and they’d
explore the imaginary worlds she created, in play.
Later in life, Nephylim became the storyteller
for a re enactment group who travelled widely, giving a taste of life in the
Iron Age. As well as having an opportunity to run around hitting people with a
sword, she had an opportunity to tell stories of all kinds, sometimes of her
own making, to all kinds of people. The criticism was sometimes harsh,
especially from the children, but the reward enormous.
It was here she began to appreciate the power of
stories and the primal need to hear them. In ancient times, the wandering bard
was the only source of news, and the storyteller the heart of the village,
keeping the lore and the magic alive. Although much of the magic has been lost,
the stories still provide a link to the part of us that still wants to believe
that it’s still there, somewhere.
In present times, Nephylim lives in a terraced
house in the valleys with her son and her two cats. Her daughter has deserted
her for the big city, but they’re still close. The part of her that needs to
earn money is a lawyer, but the deepest, and most important part of her is a
storyteller and artist, and always will be.
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First I'd like to thank all our Armed Service Vets. Technically, the actual day was yesterday with the cease fire happening at 11AM on November 11, 1918. However, it's being 'observed' today. No matter, my thanks remains the same:
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