PG EXCERPT
"Oh, no, lover, no you don't!" Springing to his feet, Chris went forward. "This has nothing to do with me or the way I treat her, which hasn't changed since you left me at Blue Oasis." Moving closer, their faces almost touched. "No, I didn't care about her then and I certainly don't now! If it's anybody's fault, my guess is it's yours."
"What?" Confused, the prince took a step back.
"Yes, you're the one who's changed toward her and maybe it's time you start asking yourself why...if you want to keep her, of course."
"I didn't--"
"Yes, you did, lover. Closing the channel between the two of you was a way of denying her, like telling her to stay out of your life."
That each of them had a strong power, or Virt as the ancients called it, was something Prince Caldwell had learned only recently. But why did mine have to begin and end with her, our silent communication the greatest joy and the darkest curse of my life? And why do I miss her so much, like I'd lost a piece of myself? Since I hushed her whisper in my head, I've become the loneliest man on this world and I can't stand it one minute more! Raising his head, he retraced his step, coming up against Chris again. "All right, maybe I tried to silence her voice." His lips curved in a wry smile. "But since Arthur died, things have been happening so fast and the sheer weight of them..." His voice trailed off, unsure how to tell his angel about the strangeness of it all.
Somehow though, Chris needed no words to understand. With a comforting embrace, he swept Duncan in his arms and held him tight. "I know it's hard." The hot breath whispered in the prince's ear. "Arthur used to tell me about the load, the blazing lights, the noise--"
"It's like when we were at the Nephis Valley, with the same bright flashes and the humming, only it never stops--not the lights, not the sound. And this damn shoulder, burning every time there's a new flicker or a higher tone." He shrugged. "I didn't think I could handle her, too, not with all this mess that's been running through my head."
"Because she's louder than all the other sounds combined?"
"Oh, Angel, you have no idea!" Pulling slightly away, Duncan gestured aimlessly in the air as if he wanted to draw a picture of what was tormenting him. "And it's not only her. Both of you are stronger than whatever else is going on in my head. If your fire is the brightest star of all, which alone can dim the thousand lights flashing day and night, she's the loudest sound that no amount of humming can ever silence."
"From what you're saying, she's just as important as I am."
Duncan looked straight in his eyes. "I didn't think so at first, not until I cut off the connection. I believed I'd feel better without having her inside me, only to discover I'm unbearably alone if she's not there. It's like with Virtus. You don't know where it ends and you begin."
"And it's not just your head that misses her." Chris clasped his piece. "Your body craves her, too, even if you work hard at denial." Another squeeze, then the intriguing blue-gray eyes fixed on him. "At least, unlike you, I've seen it coming from the start, dreading it actually until I had time to think it over." Taking a deep breath, he looked as if he were about to seal his destiny forever. "It was hard enough to accept sleeping beauty in my life, not to mention in your bed, as a permanent fixture and I wished you had some other choice--the gods can testify to that. You, more than anyone else, know how much I love you and just being with you every day, every thirty-six-hours of it, is reason enough for me to live, even if I'm no nearer to understanding the magic you work on me than I was ten years ago. Yet somehow, you made her a part of it, too, and so damn well, I can't think of the two of us without her." Sighing, he held on to Duncan. "It's all so confusing and maybe Virtus just adds its own load to bring more chaos to the world, but the one sure thing I know now is she's not necessarily a threat. I used to hate the way you cared for her, so I wished her gone a thousand times. But, after you left Blue Oasis, she's looked after me without being the obsessive presence I feared, rather someone available only if I needed her. Sometimes, I wouldn't see her for days on purpose to test her reactions and never once did she complain or make a scene because I neglected her." With a loving gesture, Chris brushed a loose strand of hair off Duncan's face. "And that's when I understood she won't change the way we feel about each other nor interfere with our time either. You can have both, if that's what you want, and in a way, it's making you more complete, even when it comes to me." Standing so close they could have easily kissed, the angel grabbed his arms. "So I'll be damned before I allow you to throw away what you need most, besides me, of course."
From the Inside Flap
Also from this Author available on AmazonVirtus Saga
▪︎ The Sex, Book 1
▪︎ The Game, Book 2
▪︎ The Festival, Book 3
▪︎ The Leader, Book 4
▪︎ The Pledge, Book 5
▪︎ The Heat, Book 6
▪︎ The Princess, Book 7
▪︎ The Lord, Book 8
▪︎ Not In The, Deleted Scenes from The Game, Virtus Saga Plus
▪︎ Virtus Sex, The Sex: Author's Cut (previously published as Virtus, The Sex but has been completely revised and doubled in size with the addition of many new scenes), Book 1
ReScue Series
▪︎ Re-Scue, Book 1
▪︎ The Enslavement Of Janet, novella
Soulmate Series
▪︎ To Seduce A Soul Mate, Book 1
▪︎ The Pirate's Surrender, Book 2
Trespassing Series
▪︎ Roman Seduction, Book 1
▪︎ Trespassing All Hallows Eve, Book 2
Horror
▪︎ Bloody Passion
▪︎ Bondage Slave For Hire
▪︎ Sacrificial Sex
▪︎ The Demon's Waiter
▪︎ Visionquest
Historical
▪︎ Divinitas
▪︎ Spying The Alcove
Novellas
▪︎ Hunted
▪︎ Slave For Sex
▪︎ The Moon Priestess
From the Back Cover
About the Virtus Saga by Laura TolomeiIt's an Erotic Dark Fantasy Paranormal Romance Series that Explores the Dark and Light Sides of Power and Love between Three People
But it's also the Making of a Trio: the Virtus Saga shows how power and love can be equally shared.
▪︎ 10 books in all
▪︎ 3 amazing characters with super-powers
▪︎ 1 sinister pyramid
▪︎ 1,000 scorching MMF erotic scenes
▪︎ 1 tense battle of good versus evil.
Now completed, Laura Tolomei's erotic dark fantasy series is continuing to receive critical acclaims. The concept of a world free of violence attracts readers. The fiery MM and MMF sex keeps them hooked to every page. Dripping passion and lust woven inside an imaginary frame ruled by magical powers, this saga is nothing more than the age-old battle of good versus evil only without the violence usually associated to such fierce struggles for survival..
The titles say it all:
- The Sex
- The Game
- The Festival
- The Leader
- The Pledge
- The Heat
- The Princess
- The Lord
- Not In The Game, Deleted Scenes from The Game
- Virtus Sex, The Sex: Author's Cut (previously published as Virtus, The Sex but has been completely revised and doubled in size with the addition of many new scenes)
IMPORTANT: Given the saga nature of this ongoing fantasy series, it is advisable to read each book in sequence.
The way it all starts and progresses, nothing is as it seems. Soul-mates Prince Duncan Caldwell and Lord Christopher Templeton share a love that is unrivaled, until Duncan takes shelter in Ylianor Meyer's dilapidated shack. Ylianor has always loved Duncan, and while Duncan is attracted to her, she remains a servant--okay to bed, but not acceptable consort material. Unwilling to accept it, Ylianor vows she will do anything, even come head to head with his insufferable lover, to stay at his side.
But there is more going on than either of the three realize.
Lord Arthur Fairchild, Leader of the High Council, knows his planet Sendar is doomed unless the predestined Hero steps in and blocks the darkness threatening to take over. And even if one person alone fits the bill, Arthur does the unthinkable--not only does he summon the Hero, but the Hero's consorts as well.
Sendar needs these three special people to become fully aware of their powers and learn how to use them together, working as one above and beyond their personal issues. They must become one whilst being three to make it through the difficult times ahead. If they do not, the Virtus which holds all of Sendar's secrets could destroy them all. And then how will their world survive?
About the Author
With original borderline stories at the edge of accepted conventions, Laura Tolomei guarantees an erotic earthquake with each new novel.
Laura Tolomei lives in Rome, Italy, and is the author of 28+ books in her very particular and unique genre--Erotic Romance with an Edge. Novels on the edge of accepted conventions written in her breezy narrative style that hooks you from page one, such is her trademark, and she guarantees an erotic earthquake with each book! Among others, they include the critically acclaimed scorching dark fantasy Virtus Saga, all ten books of it, along with the kindred spirits of both the ReScue and the Soulmate Series, not to mention her horror novels as well as a few historical ones.
On a more personal note, she has been traveling the globe since age five and has no intention of quitting. Having been an avid reader her entire life, she decided at age forty to write her own stories and is still enjoying every minute of it. A convinced vegetarian for over 10 years, she had to be more "elastic" in her eating habits due to health issues. Regardless, the world she has built for her renown Virtus Saga is strictly vegetarian, and no human living there would ever dare eat meat. She also loves cocktails, and her favorite one, Negroni, is featured prominently in her ReScue Series.
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