Betrayed by a lover, Jamie rents an isolated cabin on Lake Huron, wanting only to be left alone. Instead, he is pulled from his solitary existence as an artist and tumbles headlong into the legend of Saint Nicolas.<br><br>As a young man, Nicolas accidentally killed a man intent on murdering three children, only to have the man's malicious spirit rise up against him. Fleeing through the centuries from the Krampus, the evil troll-like creature that dogs his steps, Nico finds refuge with the young artist who takes him into his home and bed. But Jamie has questions. Who is Nicolas, and why does the Krampus want to destroy him?<br><br>When the Krampus begins to torment and torture anyone Nico comes in contact with to punish him, Jamie's life is put in danger. And Jamie isn't sure whether he can help Nico defeat his nemesis or if he's merely a pawn in the Krampus's game.

Nicolas

“Kind of like Santa’s Helper?” he murmured, arching a brow. Nico shouted in glee and promptly kissed him.


“Piter had one thing right. You are a naughty one,” he teased against Jamie’s lips.


“Maybe a little,” Jamie replied and slid another finger into Nico, stretching him open. Nico added the fourth, biting back his cries of pleasure, and Jamie watched, awestruck, as Nico came apart when they touched his prostate.


The morning was far in advance when they finally untangled from the sheets. Jamie lay back on the pillows, catching his breath, a film of sweat cooling his heated skin. Nico leaned up on an elbow and gazed at him with bright eyes, drawing lazy circles with his finger around the nipple closest to him. Jamie shivered and batted away his hand, sensitive from his last orgasm. Nico laughed and bent his head, suckling at Jamie’s chest until he squirmed.


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