Deputy Mark Forrest and Nurse Francis Archer can’t deny the chemistry that arises between them. A chance meeting awakens the idea of something greater than either had ever imagined.<br><br>Mark craves being able to let go, and Francis loves to take him out of his head. But Mark’s past bears a truckload of personal demons that have kept him in the closet and made him lash out at the LGBTQ community in the town he’s come to regard as home.<br><br>Despite finding love and a new purpose in Acker, Francis’s new job might end up being temporary, and he doesn't want to lose the life he's settled into. Can the two of them build a future together despite a bitter past, and diverging paths?

Thirteen

“Yeah,” he finally told Joel. “I just feel there’s something there. With him. When I peel away the negatives and even the D/s, there’s still something there, and it’s not just physical. Something in him….”


“When I met Aiden, he was just figuring out he was a Dominant. I was already heavily into the scene. I had vowed not to take on a newbie Dom, because I didn’t want to have to teach anyone anything. But then Aiden happened, and… well, Aiden was worth it. All the mistakes we made, all the pain we caused each other… I don’t regret it at all. Because from the start there was something about him that called to me like nobody else ever had. Nobody.” Joel’s eyes filled with tears, but they were happy ones. As if he was so moved by his love for his Master, his life partner, that he couldn’t help it.


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