Title: Darkness Threatening
Author: Dirk Greyson
Series: Yellowstone Wolves
Genre: M/M, Paranormal Romance, Shifters
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Feb 3 2016
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook & Print
Blurb/Synopsis:
Fredrik is back from college and trying to stay out of his
power-hungry brother’s way, until his brother takes a prisoner for his
pleasure. Unable to tolerate his family’s cruelty, Fredrik overcomes his fear
to help her escape back to her pack. There, he meets Christopher, and their
instant attraction tells him Christopher is the one. However, since the threat
of his brother remains, Fredrik is reluctant to pursue a relationship.
Christopher is still figuring out his place in the pack and
has been living on his own to avoid making waves with his brother, Mikael. Now
he’s met his soulmate, and he’ll do anything to take care of his love,
including rejoining the pack.
With coaxing, Fredrik accepts his feelings, and
Christopher’s pack gives him the home he’s never had. But Fredrick soon
realizes he should keep running. His brother is on his tail and will stop at
nothing to obtain the power he craves, especially when he realizes the source
of the power could be Fredrik himself.
“Let’s go for a run. I need to hunt something,” Juneau said
as Fredrik reached the door to his room and went inside. He closed the door as
silently as he could and stood stock-still, trying not to breathe so he could
hear them.
The front door opened and closed. Fredrik hoped they had all
gone, but it was likely one of the dipshit twins had been left behind. He
listened at the door and then opened it slightly, scenting for anyone in the
house. He could smell fear and hear soft sobs from the room next door, but that
was all. He stepped out of the room as a chair scraped on the floor. Just as he
suspected. Squaring his shoulders, Fredrik walked back toward the open central
room.
Dimitri sat at the table, staring off into space. “What are
you up to? Juneau said I was to stay here and keep an eye on you and his
present.” He grinned like an idiot. “But I was thinking that maybe you could be
my present.” He stood. “A hole’s a hole, right? Besides, I bet you’d like what
I got for you.”
Fredrik swallowed hard. “I don’t think so. You aren’t my
type.”
“I ain’t, huh? I’m a guy and you like guys, so I figured I
could see what all the fuss was about.” He stepped closer, and Fredrik took a
small step back. Dimitri stomped his foot and then laughed. “I ain’t gonna soil
myself with the likes of you. You can stop looking like you’re gonna jump
through the roof.” He walked to the small table near the old sofa, yanked open
the drawer, and pulled out a deck of cards. He began shuffling again and again,
the snap and thump sounds filling the small space.
Fredrik’s throat was bone dry, so he pulled open the
refrigerator door and got some water. Inge had left too, so it was only Dimitri
and him. His gaze kept going to the door of Juneau’s room. There was a girl in
there frightened half to death. The scent was enough to turn his stomach again.
He opened the bottle, rinsed his mouth, and spat into the sink. Then he took a
long drink, the liquid settling in his stomach with a hollow thud. He closed
the door and opened one of the kitchen drawers. He needed a weapon, anything at
hand, if he was to have a chance against Dimitri. The guy was smaller than
Yuri, but Fredrik was no match for him physically. Hell, he wasn’t a physical
match for anyone in his family. His father had always called him his runt pup.
“What are you up to?” Dimitri didn’t even look up from his
game.
“Just getting some water. You want some?”
“Nah. Get me a beer, though,” he said and played another
card. “I got eyes in the back of my head. I’ll know if you pull anything.”
Fredrik opened the refrigerator again and got a beer. As he
closed the door and pulled open the drawer next to it, he had to keep himself
from whooping for joy. He’d found the knives. He picked out one and then
carried the beer over to Dimitri and set it on the table.
“I know what you’re doing,” Dimitri said and grabbed his
hand. “I know everything, and you’re just some runt. So don’t be thinking
you’re going to try anything so you can get away. If I let you leave, Juneau
will have my nuts, and I want them right where they are. And the only way
you’re getting out of here is if I let you leave.”
“Is that so?” Fredrik jerked away and plunged the knife into
Dimitri’s neck before pushing him forward onto the table. He managed to get out
of the way of the blood, but it sprayed all over the floor. “You may think I’m
small, you piece of shit, but I’ve got fight in me,” he said to blank eyes as
Dimitri went completely still.
Shifters… Wolves in
Particular are my Favorite Preternatural Creatures to Read about though I do
enjoy others. Do you have a favorite/s Preternatural Creatures to Read?
Wolves tend to be a favorite of mine as well. I like how basic and close to nature they
are. It also plays to my heart that
wolves mate for life and have an ordered society. There is something about them that touches
me. When I was in Alaska a number of
years ago with my aunt, we stopped at a roadside inn of sorts. In Alaska these inns are restaurant, hotel,
rest area, library, and grocery store as well as gas station. At one place the owner had what I thought
were dogs out back. It turned out they
were mostly wolves. Now I wasn’t going to get too close, but I stood outside
the enclosure and one walked up to me, watching. She wasn’t hostile, just curious, but the
intelligence in her eyes was something to behold. She was a magnificent creature.
I remember the owner watching me to make sure I didn’t get
too close and when I backed away and finally turned, she was smiling at
me. I think she knew I’d just had an
amazing and special experience, but she said nothing. When I write, I always try to write what I
love, so it’s no surprise to me that my first shifter
story was wolves. Now with that said, I
also have found that I have a fondness for dragons. Maybe it’s because I always wished I could
fly. J
Dirk is very much an outside kind
of man. He loves travel and seeing new
things. Dirk worked in corporate America
for way too long and now spends his days writing, gardening, and taking care of
the home he shares with his partner of more than two decades. He has a Master’s Degree and all the other
accessories that go with a corporate job.
But he is most proud of the stories he tells and the life he's built. Dirk lives in Pennsylvania in a century old
home and is blessed with an amazing circle of friends.
Thank You for sharing Darkness Threatening by Dirk Greyson with your readers.
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