The demon Mael has grown increasingly weary of the mortal who has bound him. And though he knows he will soon be able to complete his contract and devour the mortal's soul, that time has not yet come. Finally, frustrated with the mortal's limited imagination and pedestrian orders, he strikes the man unconscious and uses the small respite of freedom to summon his own demonic slave, Feng, to service his long unsated needs.
This is a very short free story which left me feeling a bit like I was dropped into a world where I should have known the characters. Mael is forced by an agreement to do/be whatever his human master wants, in exchange, Mael will get his soul. However Mael finds him repulsive and most of the things he wants are so boring to Mael who could take over the world. After a particularly distasteful evening which involves murdering a woman after sex, he knocks out his master and meets up with his submissive lover Feng in the garden.
The vast majority of the book is a sex scene between the two. Feng seems to be more wolf-like than humanoid, or perhaps one of those hybrids similar to kitsune. Mael takes note that Feng is a high-level demon in his own right who could own his own servants, but chooses instead to remain loyal to Mael. The sex is rough and demonic I suppose. Mael regrets that he’s forced to remain in his human body and unable to really let loose the way he’d like.
When his master wakes, he knows he’ll be punished for knocking the man out, but the stolen moment with Feng were worth it and Feng assures him he’ll wait for him. The ending made me snort, and it was an interesting premise, however being so short I was left a bit wondering how Mael came to hook up with the human. Yes, he needs to do it in order to consume souls to survive, but how did he come to be with that man, and what was the story between him and Feng, how did they come to be lovers.
However if you’re looking for a little demonic D/s action, it’s got a little bit of a darker edge to it and it was well written, I just wanted a bit more to flesh out the story for me.
This one, I am afraid, had several "do not like at all" for me that were not announced in the blurb.
While some people will probably find it hot, since it is basically one long, brutal D/s sex scene after a short and violent introduction, here is the list of watch-outs which made it impossible for me to enjoy: needless violence and killing, M/F sex, sex with a wolf-demon (not a shifted wolf, a real wolf-body), very vague back story, and not an ending that I enjoyed.
To add to the publisher's description, please note this is a short story (3500), full of kink and dark humor. Enjoy it for the D/s bond between a demon and his immortal slave, laugh at the ending, and don't take it seriously. Imagine it, as Talon and I did while writing it, as hot demonic yaoi.