WIP Wednesday - Clan Companions: Gabriel

First meeting

As Gabriel met his gaze, his pulse pounding in his ears, the other man’s attention focused on him with laser-beam intensity.

The alien looked Gabriel over, taking in the expensive shoes, well-cut trousers, and silk blue shirt that matched his eyes. The stare swept up until it greeted Gabriel’s again.

A grin appeared, dazzling against the black facial hair. A knowing leer, as if he’d discovered Gabriel’s best-guarded secret.

 

The alien winked at him. His lips moved, forming silent words. Pretty boy.

Gabriel felt as if he’d been punched in the gut, without the pain. He couldn’t breathe. He felt strangely warm, his body almost light enough to leave the ground. He tried to speak, but his lips had gone numb. He had no idea what he’d have said anyhow.

The Kalquorian’s grin stretched larger. He nodded, as if to answer a question Gabriel hadn’t asked.

After fleeing Earth’s Mercy Colony eleven years before, Gabriel Rossi and his sister Iliana have carved out a decent life on a remote Adraf space station. Each avoids contact with other humans as much as possible. Gabriel’s life is adequate, but he yearns to be free to love as he was born to.

Clan Baknu has been tasked with convincing Iliana to return to Kalquor with them to join a clan. But when Baknu, Takat, and Kisk meet her stunning older brother, they’re eager to claim an Earther companion of their own.

Though Gabriel falls for the three men on sight, his priority is Iliana, who’s less than enthralled about joining a Kalquorian clan. Worse still, a sadistic slave trader is determined to claim Gabriel for purposes too terrible to imagine.

Clan Baknu pulls out all the stops to convince the Rossis that they can find love and happiness among the Kalquorians. They dare death to keep Gabriel out of the grasp of a murderous crime lord, who won’t stop until the Earther is his. Yet their greatest challenge is showing Gabriel dreams can come true…if he’ll accept their love.

Releasing May 2021.