Author: DC
Juris
Title: Betrayed
Series
Title and Number (if applicable):
Publisher: Torquere
Press
Pairing: M/M
Length: 28,046
Words
Categories:
M/M Romance, Fantasy
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Synopsis
Two years after he lost his soulmate to the war,
Faldor still pines for Meldrick. His world is turned upside down when Meldrick
appears on his doorstep late one night, seemingly back from the dead. Finally
escaped from a prison camp, Meldrick protects a dark secret--one that could rip
his rekindled love apart if Faldor ever learned the truth. But the longer
they're together, the more things just don't add up. What really happened two
years ago? How did Meldrick escape the prison camp after so long? Is Meldrick
still the man Faldor
fell in love with? Can Meldrick reconcile who he has
become with who he was, and move beyond his treachery, or will betrayal win?
Previously published by Breathless Press
Excerpt
Faldor
frowned. What had moved him to invite Yanek to his house for dinner—and,
indeed, how he'd forgotten the damned invitation—he didn't know. But he
regretted it. He focused on his food—a fine tarkin stew, even if he did say so
himself—and tried to make interested noises at all the appropriate moments while
Yanek prattled on.
Not that it
would've mattered if he hadn't. Yanek loved nothing more than the sound of his
own voice. The elf was easily the most vain, self-centered, and singularly
annoying person Faldor had ever had the misfortune to meet. His constant bids
for Faldor's attention and attempts to win himself a place in Faldor's bed
didn't endear him to the healer, either. Still, bad company was better than
none on a lonely night like this. Especially after the forest earlier.
"What
happened in the forest today?" Yanek asked, as if reading his mind.
Faldor glanced
up at him. "Nothing."
"That's
not what Sir Nomah said. I heard he and the men had to pluck you from the midst
of the trees." Yanek made a grabbing gesture with his right hand and
laughed.
"No one plucked me from anywhere," Faldor
growled. "Nothing happened."
"What
drove you in there in the first place?"
Faldor met the
elf's gaze, raised his eyebrow. "Why does it matter?"
Yanek shrugged
and lifted a forkful of dinner to his mouth. He chewed and swallowed, then
shrugged again. "One of the men said he thought he heard you call
Meldrick's name."
Faldor glared,
irrationally angry Yanek had dared to speak his lover's name. "Meldrick is
dead. Why would I call out his name?"
"You tell
me."
"There's
nothing to tell." He cut into a piece of meat and stabbed it up.
"If you
suspect—"
"Drop
it."
Yanek stared,
mouth agape, for several seconds, then pursed his lips together into a thin
line. "His body was never found," he said quietly. "There are
prison camps."
Faldor looked
up at him. "What do you know of the camps?" Ogre camps were rumored
to exist, but no one had ever found one.
Yanek paled
and shook his head, fumbling with his utensils. "Nothing. Nothing more
than anyone else does."
How true the
elf's words were, Faldor didn't know. He suspected, though, that Yanek had more
knowledge than he admitted. Was it possible Yanek had been withholding
information from him all these years? Faldor sat back and folded his arms
across his chest. "Nothing more than anyone else, hmm? That's good to
know. I'd hate to learn a trusted comrade had kept the secret of the king's own
favored knight's whereabouts to himself. For three years. Such would not sit
well with his majesty."
Author
Bio
Romance author, sic-fi fan club Captain, cosplayer, reigning Queen
of Monkeyland, and random menace. Yep, we're talking about DC Juris. She’s a
cupcake-making, football-watching, rubber-duck-collecting, drag-show-loving, full-of-fabulous-with-a-capital-F kinda gal. She's also an ordained
minister and an amateur photographer. She lives in Upstate NY with her husband,
three dogs, and two cats. When she's not writing, you can find her in her
favorite chair watching Star Trek and
Supernatural repeats on Netflix, or
surfing the web for porn. Er...research. Surfing the web for research. She may
speak softly but she lives and loves loudly. Just ask the neighbors. ::wink::
Author Links
@dcjuris on Periscope
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