Book Title: Talos: Bloodlines of
Fate, Book One
Author and Publisher: A. G. CarothersCover Artist: Samantha Santana, Amai Designs with illustration by Maberan
Release Date: September 7, 2020
Genres: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal, MPreg
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Fated Mates, First Time, Hurt/Comfort
Themes: Assassination Attempt, Supernatural Society, BDSM, Size Difference, [Vampires, Unicorns, and Shifters Oh My!]
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 46 000 words
It is not a standalone story.
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Blurb
The Age of Man has passed, and a new age is
upon the Earth. An age of magic and technology ruled by the supernatural beings
that once hid amongst humanity has begun.
Talos - Vampyr King, Supernatural Council
Member, and Despiser of Humans. Fate has a surprise up their sleeve for
him.
Bayne - Raised by the human resistance,
Would-be Assassin, and Despiser of Supernatural Beings. He's ready to sacrifice
himself to kill his enemy.
Bayne is thrust into a world he thinks he
knows but quickly discovers his whole life has been built on lies. Talos,
perfectly happy ruling his corner of the world, is faced with an unexpected and
unwelcome change that comes with the mate chosen by Fate. Together they must
discover how to live and, in the end, love one another. But will Fate have more
in store for them than just learning to love the species they hate?
Bloodlines of Fate is a new urban fantasy
series set in a world destroyed by humans and resurrected by supernatural
beings. Fate has many plans for the vampires, fae, unicorns, therianthropes,
and humans of this new world. While their mates may be fated, learning to love
isn't that easy.
This book contains depictions of
gladiatorial combat, snarky fem twinks who will cut you, kings in stilettos,
and awkward heats with a pinch of daddy kink.
Excerpt
Talos tapped the tip of his black oxford
against the back of the prostrate human's head while the point of the stiletto
heel dug into the base of his skull. It would take only the slightest pressure
to impale the pathetic, whining human. Talos scanned the human’s mind and
determined that he had told all that he knew.
With a flick of his wrist, a guard
appeared. Talos removed his foot and stepped over the human. The guard grabbed
the human by the back of the shirt and yanked him to his feet then pushed him
forward out of the office, leaving Talos with the news the human had
brought.
The heels of his shoes clicked on the
marble floor as he walked out onto the balcony overlooking his city.
Holographic ads played across the night sky; the whirl of electric engines
zoomed below as they crisscrossed between the towering buildings. Down and to
the right, his colosseum in all its ancient and modern glory shown bright even
amongst the numerous lights and flashes coming from the main strip that
bisected the downtown area in front of his building.
He narrowed his eyes at the building as if
he could see through its many layers down into the cells where this would-be
assassin plotted his demise.
"Your fathers would be
proud."
The words broke Talos' thoughts but didn't
startle him. Majid was his shadow and had been for over two thousand years. The
Persian towered over him even in his heels. The gentle touch on his shoulder
belied the strength Majid held in his lithe frame. Talos looked into the violet
eyes of his best friend who now focused on the city before them as he
had.
"One hundred and fifty years,
Majid." He gazed back at the city. "Some days I'm angry with my
father for not leaving Japan when I told him to. But Papa was as determined as
Father was to stay and hold our territory. We all underestimated the humans'
thirst for destruction." His tone turned hard as the pain of losing almost
his whole family washed over him. It was a familiar pain now, but one that
hadn't lessened in the last century and a half.
"We should have moved then but the
council hadn’t believed. They were still too trapped in their conviction to
stay hidden as they had for millennia. But look at the greatness we have
created in less than fifty years. The world could have looked like this without
the destruction the human vermin wrought against it." Talos closed his
eyes as the memories angered him.
He slammed the side of his fist on top of
the concrete wall of the balcony. Cracks splintered down and across while bits
dug into the meat of his palm. Talos shook his hand out and wiped the concrete
crumbles off. He straightened his navy suit jacket and then the cuffs of the
light blue shirt beneath. Majid squeezed his shoulder gently. "Primus was
a legendary vampyr, and you are living up to his legacy. Your accomplishments are
not anything to laugh about. He would be immensely proud at the hand you've had
in shaping this world and leading the way to bring us out of the darkness and
into the light."
Talos took the comfort Majid offered as he
prepared mentally for what was coming tonight.
"Sire." Gideon's rich Spanish
baritone broke their reverie, and Talos turned toward the doorway. "I have
the information you requested on the resistance operative."
Talos nodded as he walked back inside.
"Anything interesting?"
"No, the usual." Gideon fell in
step beside Talos as he continued through his mansion of a penthouse and to the
elevator at the entrance.
"We'll leave him where he's at. He's
already set to be part of tonight's entertainment. Let's see how good of a show
he will give us." Talos smirked.
About the
Author:
A.G. Carothers is actually a dragon very
cleverly disguised as a human. They are a non-binary author of LGBTQIA Romance
and Urban Fantasy, who enjoys writing original and entertaining stories. They
are very excited to share the worlds they've created with you.
A.G. currently lives in Tennessee with
their platonic life partner, who is not a dragon. They yearn to live back in
Europe and will some day. In their spare time they are addicted to losing
themselves in the lovely worlds created by other authors
A.G. is committed to writing the stories
they see in their head without restrictions. Love is blind and doesn't see
gender, race, or sexuality.
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