Hey, Folks!
It’s been awhile since I finished “Wolf Love” and you’re probably wondering where the heck the new story is. Chew your fingernails no more! Here it is:
“Lover in Stone.” A paranormal romance dripping with spicy love scenes and a spicier man. Or, Chimera, in this case. What the eff is a Chimera? He’s a triple threat kind of beastie–three yummy creatures in one.
In this story, our Chimera is Merrick, who’s Gargoyle, Lion, and Angel. Don’t be put off by the Gargoyle portion. This is a paranormal romance. Men are hot, hot, hot. Forget what you know of ugly gargoyles. Mine are hunks of granite with a capital G.
Now, I’ll shut up, so you can get reading. Installments will come twice a week: Tuesdays and Saturdays. Yeah, I know today is Wednesday, but I was anxious to reveal “Lover in Stone.”
Here’s your blurb and the Prologue.
Enjoy!
To the world they are the Grotesques—hideous chimeras and gargoyles of stone. But before they are locked in their granite prisons, they are Kynd——magnificent beings condemned to prowl the nightmares of every realm.
Their tortures will doom them to stone.
The love of a Chosen One could save them.
For more than two thousand years, Merrick has borne the misery of being the guardian to Hell’s Archway. He has witnessed millions of condemned souls, slaughtered thousands of trespassers, and his enraged despair is pushing him to the brink of becoming what the world expects his Kynd to be.
Go to Hell. A mission the Triumvirate instructs Angelia Delacroix to undertake, and she doesn’t blink twice. Not when she feels it’s her destiny to retrieve the Scriptum, an ancient text stolen from the Literati and absconded with to the bowels of that infernal cauldron.
As the pair quest for the Scriptum, will Merrick surrender his battered heart to the beautiful Angelia? Or will he succumb to his rage, dooming himself to his stone fate for all eternity, and his Chosen One to the innermost Circle of Hell?
Lover in Stone
Prologue
“So it is written?”
“It is, my Lord.”
“And sent forth?”
“To Earth, as you instructed. But?”
“Speak freely, Alielle.”
“If the Scriptum is not found in time?”
“Ah, your fears are well grounded, old friend, but let us have Faith.”
“But if it is found not by whom you have intended?”
“You play devil’s advocate.”
“I do.”
“Then I have a worthy companion in you, Alielle. All will not be lost. There is still hope, even then.”
“Yet, if the Chosen One and the scriptum are not united?”
“Then its secrets will remain locked.”
“But Your Kynd, my Lord.”
“Ah, yes. My beloved Witnesses, angel. There lies the conundrum of Free Will, even for them. They will suffer until they decode their own Truth.”
“I fear for them. Even if they free themselves and choose sides, they may not find Love. For all their discretion, my Lord, they are a fierce lot.”
“So they are. But have faith in Love, Alielle. It has power even you cannot imagine.”
“And you trust the Kynd will gain knowledge of it? That they will discover Love, along with their Chosen One? That seems improbable, with all due respect.”
“It will take a Miracle.”
“I hope you are joking.”
“Faith, Alielle. Take courage in our Kynd and their ferocity. For still they are Witnesses, and see much.”
“I hope you are right.”
“I love them, too, angel. Let us pray they learn firsthand what it means to love, to understand the elemental joy of sacrifice.”
“Sometimes, I think Lucifer is right. You can be cruel.”
“Not cruel, little one. You shall see.”
“As it is written?”
“You are a wise angel, Alielle. Bless Our Kynd. Yes, as it is written.”
~S.C. Dane
Next Installment coming Saturday, January 31, 2015.
S.C. Dane 