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Join in a dark game of hide-and-seek in the forest. Running is futile, and the man in the demon mask will win in the end. He will take you as his prize. Three…Two…One…Run, little doe. ***This is a Dark Desires short, where the character names and descriptions are intentionally vague to allow the listener an immersive experience. Listen to this for a good time, not a plot line.

You're invited to The Sinner's Soirée. Get ready for a night of dancing and debauchery, and mind the fangs. The vampire's patience only goes so far, and he will stop at nothing to capture his prey. Three…Two…One…Time's up, little morsel. *** This is a Dark Desires short, where the...

Victoria Fenwick needs to escape the torturous nightmares that stem from the opulent part of Maryland she calls home, and her acceptance into Sloane Institute of Law in New York has finally made that possible. She’ll find the peace of mind she’s been working toward for so long. That is, until she starts her student internship at Laughlin & Laughlin, and the firm's ominous reputation of successfully defending New York’s most infamous crime bosses, along with the rumors surrounding the Laughlin family, begin to leech onto her name as well. It won’t be a big deal, right?

Vesper I should be terrified of him... of both of them, honestly. Oryx, with his horns and claws and the tongue that seems to know my thoughts better than I do. And Veylor, the brooding lich who can level a room with a flick of his fingers and still looks at me like I'm the dangerous one...

Growing up he never knew what love felt like. His father beat him, his mom a borderline alcoholic was absent both mentally and emotionally. So when he meets a woman with piercing blue eyes, his instant reaction was to go after her and claim her as his. She has been lied to her whole life.

Tessie Hollis is the last surviving witch of a bloodline that should’ve been erased. Her ancestors were power-hungry monsters who cursed an entire realm—and Lucian, the demon king forged in the ashes of their destruction, has spent centuries making sure their line ended. Then she shows up. Defiant. Stubborn. Beautiful. And fate makes her his soulmate. Now they’re soul-bound. She's burning with an ancient magical hunger called the Beckoning, and he's the only one who can stop the ache.

No one escapes unscathed. Demetrius Sylverleaf has spent his life surviving the aftermath of a childhood that should have killed him. What remains is something brittle, controlled — and one fracture away from breaking completely. When a buried truth begins to surface, he's forced into choices that do not offer redemption… only consequence.

She believed love could fix anything. Until the man she trusted shattered everything. Kassidy has always been the strong one, the grounded, dependable partner supporting her brilliant husband Finn through the final stages of his PhD. While she works long hours to keep them afloat, Finn wrestles with insomnia, racing thoughts, and bursts of creative energy that leave him euphoric one day and unreachable the next. She chalks it up to stress. Genius always comes at a cost. Then she gets the call that changes everything. Finn has been arrested for soliciting a minor online.

Roberta Larson's diary was only meant to be read by Connor. But once uncovered, its secrets unravel the lives of everyone she left behind. In its pages lie more than a mother's memories-there are clues to hidden money, confessions of favoritism, and a trail of choices that pit brother against brother.