Troy Ashton is not gay! He thought his life was all mapped out for him -- he’d get his sotan cape after he turned eighteen, be paired with his female life mate, and be gifted with his superpowers. However, the Council for Sotan Affairs has other plans for Troy. They selected him to be a tuohygan -- the only one of his generation -- and they’ve paired him with a male omega. Troy likes the idea of being a tuohygan: they’re faster, stronger, and have a greater range of superpowers than sotans. Plus he gets to prefix his name with Super. But ... he isn’t gay! So no thank you. The pain of remaining unbonded from his omega is intense, but Troy is determined he won’t give in and marry another man. That is until his and Beck Dolan’s paths cross. Troy literally flies to the rescue when he sees a man falling into a lake. There’s something about him that calls to Troy’s inborn need to protect. Just being around Beck eases something inside of Troy, centering and calming him. Could Troy be not as straight as he thought? Coming out is traumatic. Mostly because Troy’s family already knew or strongly suspected he was gay. He doesn’t understand how they could know but he didn’t. He’s a jock -- captain of both his high school and college football teams, doesn’t that mean he’s straight? He also experiences a few growing pains with his newfound powers, the most visible of which are the dents in Beck’s trashcan when he misjudges his landings when he flies in to rescue his man. Troy soon adapts to his role as both tuohygan and husband. However, Troy grows concerned when Beck starts getting sick to his stomach in the mornings, and what’s with the sudden craving for fish, the smellier the better? Life as SuperTroy is certainly more adventurous than he could ever have imagined.

The Adventures of SuperTroy

“Put me down! I need to do this at my own pace.”


“Sorry, babe.” Troy knew he’d gotten carried away. He set Beck down, gave the man a kiss and an apologetic smile.


Beck smiled back, took Troy’s left hand in his right and walked slowly to the lake’s edge


“It’s okay. I got you,” Troy said when Beck seemed to freeze.


Beck nodded, squared his shoulders, and took a small step forward, his foot landing in about an inch of water. “It’s not as cold as I thought it’d be.”


“Uh huh.” Troy was beginning to wonder if his senses of heat and cold had been changed when he’d been given his powers. He could feel the water, knew it was a different temperature from the ground, but…He couldn’t explain it, and just at that moment he needed to focus on Beck, who’d taken a couple more steps forward. “You’re doing great.”


They turned to the side and walked a few paces, water just above their ankles.


Beck smiled. “This is fun. Don’t know what I was afraid of.”


Chapter 49