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Pib’s Dragon
Beany Sparks
Series: Twisted Fairy Tales, book one
Release
date: May 27, 2016 at Rainbow Ninja Press
Blurb:
A dragon is about to find out what happens when a cat
discovers his cave of shiny treasures.
After nine years, Pib is finally free from his contract
with the newly wed prince. Slipping out in the middle of the night to avoid
getting stuck in another contract, Pib shifts into his cat and makes his way
home to the little village he foolishly left, hoping his best friend Wil still
lives there.
Dray is bored. His services as a princess-guarding dragon
are no longer needed and even his gold and jewels are unable to cheer him up.
His mood changes quickly when he catches someone in his treasure cave, and it
starts a series of events that change his life forever.
When the two finally meet, sparks fly, but Dray will have
to move quickly if he’s to save his cat after Pib gets kidnapped.
Categories: Gay Fiction, Paranormal, Humor,
M/M Romance
21,699
words
Publisher:
Rainbow Ninja Press
Excerpt:
Prologue
Pib snuck into the darkened room, tiptoeing quietly so as
not to wake the newly crowned prince Geraint and his princess. Looking around,
he both thanked and cursed his shifter senses. While he was grateful he could
see inside the room, the smell of sex throughout the air was something he could
have done without.
Reaching the desk on the far side of the room, he paused
and glanced at the couple. Once he was satisfied they were still asleep, he
eased open the cover and found what he was after—his freedom. After nine long
years as the bastard’s slave, the letter freeing him from servitude almost
brought tears to his eyes. Carefully folding it and placing it in his inside
pocket, Pib gently shut the desk and tiptoed back toward the bedroom door,
leaving the room as silently as he’d entered.
He knew there was only a limited window of opportunity for
him to make his escape. Even though the pompous bastard had made a production
of signing the form and granting him his freedom, Pib knew it was all for show.
If he didn’t escape now, Geraint would get him alone and force him to sign
another contract and then make some sort of bogus announcement about how Pib
wanted to stay.
Pib snorted, unable to help himself. Luckily there was no
one else around the castle at this time of the night, though even if there was,
Pib didn’t care. He was leaving, and no one was going to stop him. Anyone who
tried would have a close encounter with his knife, or his claws, he wasn’t
picky.
“Hey, Pib, where are you off to in the middle of the
night?” asked the guard at the front door of the castle. Pib never bothered
learning their names or getting friendly with them, especially since Geraint
could force him to kill any of them at a moment’s notice. He’d learned that it
didn’t pay for him to form any attachments with those surrounding Geraint.
“Getting an early start on my retirement,” Pib replied,
smirking at the man while he continued to stroll toward the exit.
“Sorry, Pib, but I have to check. Do you have a signed
letter from Prince Geraint?” The guard shifted from foot to foot, showing his
unease.
Pib stopped in front of him and forced a smile. “Of
course,” he said, carefully extracting the letter and handing it over to the
guard.
He waited, watching the guard closely as he read the
letter. One wrong move and Pib was going to gut him. Nothing could happen to
that letter.
“Looks good,” the guard said, handing the letter back to
Pib. “It’ll sure be different without you around, but all the best. And, uh,
don’t take this the wrong way, but I hope I don’t see you again.”
Returning the letter to his pocket, Pib looked up and
smiled a real smile at the man. He wanted to laugh when the guard’s face paled
as he caught sight of Pib’s canines, but restrained himself. “Don’t worry, I
hope never to see you again either.”
With that, Pib walked out of the castle and made his way
through the sleeping village. Pulling his hood up, he used the dark material to
blend into the surroundings. He wasn’t taking any chances that Geraint wouldn’t
wake up any moment and send guards running after him. After all, Pib was
practically friends with all of the skeletons in Geraint’s closet.
Pib reached the edge of the village and paused. After nine
long years, he was finally free of Geraint, his orders, and most importantly,
his shackle. The magical cuff that had decorated his right ankle for nine years
had been removed after Geraint had signed his release. The cuff was the only
thing ensuring Pib’s obedience, and finally, it was gone.
Taking a deep breath, Pib stepped over the invisible
boundary line and felt the remaining enchantments shatter and disappear,
leaving him standing as his true self for the first time in years. Reaching
inside, he called out his inner cat to come out and play, and in seconds, his
clothes disappeared and he was standing on all fours in his serval form.
Stretching, he threw one last glance back at the castle and the village before
slinking away into the trees, using the natural camouflage to shield him as he
made his way toward the start of his new life.
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