The books that have been
collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it
His lover's death filled Nate Hawthorn with rage. From that time were
born legends of bloodthirsty cats and killer bears, of humans entering the
woods and never leaving.
Legend exaggerated, and he had calmed down and accepted the transiency
of human life. Fragile, defenseless, but curious, brave, and loving. He'd
allowed their presence in his valley in the beginning because they intrigued
him with their resourceful cleverness in turning their fragile bodies into a
strength rather than the weakness he'd taken them for.
When Daniel died, he'd chosen to live among them for simple reasons. He
felt closer to his lover walking among his descendents. He took a warped pride
in the growth and the progress of the town Daniel had started, in the
prosperity of Daniel's people even as their growth and progress had overtaken
his woods. Perhaps some fatalistic part of him believed that the circle of life
would one day claim him, had known that they would one day kill him.
When Seth Greenwood, a junior architect with a local firm who dreamed
of bigger things, pinned his hopes for career advancement on a project that
required the use of Nate's land, Nate realized how much he wanted to live. And
how very much he wanted Seth.
Truth Deeper than Logic by
Lee Brazil
First published 26th October
by Breathless Press
iBook, 88 pages
Paranormal Romance
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He
stretched to his highest point, his wide glossy leaves trembling in the
breeze. Something disturbed the flow of the air, shook the land. Leaves
shivered and the small creatures froze, wart of the strangeness encroaching
on their territory. “Shhh,” he whispered, soothing them. Curious, he slipped
from the tree to the soil to listen more closely.
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