"Out of the frying pan. Into the fire."
De Sade stared out his window and brooded. Sasha, that mouthy wench, had had the nerve to accuse him of pouting. Ridiculous, of course. A man of his breeding never pouted.Brooding though, that was an appropriate response to his current...
"A friend is lost. A plan is born."
“Karen?” Logan gathered her gently into his arms. “Karen, can you hear me?”Her dark eyes fluttered open. “I don’t feel right,” she whispered. “Hurts.”“You’re going to be fine.”He pressed a wad of bandage against the bullet wound in her belly....
"The time for hiding is over. The enemy had found them."
Time passed slowly for Logan. As welcome and valued as Karen’s company was, he worried about Beauty nearly every waking moment. One day became two, and then nearly a week with no sign of the Succubus. More than once he...
"Meanwhile, in the lair of the villains..."
The Hellwind blew strong this night. Baroness Graveek could hear its angry scream rattling against her shuttered windows. She liked the sound. It well suited her current mood as she paced around her spacious bedroom. The whip in her gloved...
"Logan learns about Hell and his own power"
“Because my large friend,” Alan replied. “Everyone knows ships don’t sail on the rivers. They fly.”“Flying ships…” Logan looked at Karen, who nodded as if Alan’s claim about flying ships was the most normal idea imaginable. “I… did not see...
"A new neighbor and a new dynamic for Logan and Karen"
Karen watched as Logan checked the straps and buckles hugging Beauty’s generous curves one last time. Newly acquired leather armor and twin knives from the defeated, flying Succubus would keep their demon safe. Heavy pouches of coin were snug and...
"Karen finds courage and friends."
Beauty was gone again by the time Logan woke. It was still early morning, judging by the weak rays of light spilling through the ceiling crack. She could not have been gone for long. He could still see the shape...
"The heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care."
Tank leaned on the bar, enjoying the feel of a cold bottle in his hand, the taste of beer on his tongue, and the friendly chaos of the clubhouse where he and his brothers went to unwind. Classic rock ‘n’...
"Beauty keeps her promise. Logan makes a plan."
Logan and Beauty stared at each other. They stood within arm’s reach, but the distance felt much greater. The truth about her lust enhancing venom stood between them; a chasm he was uncertain how to navigate around.“Alright, Beauty. I did...
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Logan and Beauty sat cross-legged around the fire, sharing the meat of the animal she had caught and presented to him. It was, in his humble opinion, a great improvement from rat meat. He took a sip of flat, bitter-tasting,...