Excerpt:
The collar gleamed pale at his neck. A part of her was never entirely easy until she saw it. Now she relaxed, leaning back with one hand braced on the cool stone bench. She breathed in air scented with the perfume of night flowers, the tang of blood, and the bittersweet smell of him as he landed with a thunderclap before her. More bitter than smoke. More earthy than candlewax. Unearthly, though…with a warmth like human scent, but warmer, the aroma tinged in a way Epona thought of as less green than human and more purple …if she remembered human scent correctly.
“My lady.” Words so resonant they might have blown from a trumpet, so deep they might have climbed from under the mountain caves. Words in an ancient, alien tongue, one he had taught her the meaning of when all the wisdom of her books had failed.
Epona answered in the same. “My pet.”
He laughed like an earthquake. Her laughter in return was birdsong, light and soaring.
She picked up a morsel of the fresh meat and held it out in the cup of her palm. She managed to keep her wrist from trembling. Oh, it was a thrill, always.
“I’ve already hunted tonight, my lady.”
“So have I, as you can see.”
His nostrils flared. Elegant slits, and eloquent—she could tell by their pulsing what odors reached them: more than the meat she offered.
About the anthology:
Monsters deserve love too…
From werewolves, vampires, and even Bigfoot, these beasts manage to find love. Whether they are able to sink their claws into that love and keep it is another story. When it comes down to it, don’t judge a book by its cover. This anthology brings a mixture of what ifs and happily ever afters.
Featuring stories from T.C. Mill, A.K. Moss, Toni Mobley, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Ashley L. Hunt, Charles Kyffhausen, Lil Deville, Kelly Piner, Jess Monica, and Karen Bayly.
