A Place For Dreams

By Deja Black

Raksha arrived from Nepal, along with his people, to reclaim his mate, Cole Brightside, a man afraid of a past he doesn't fully remember. Their only connection has been Cole's dreams where Raksha appears as both beast and man. Now, Raksha wants more.

Can Cole defeat his own fears to become the man Raksha needs him to be? Can Raksha accept who Cole has become?

Can they find a place for dreams?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Jul 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781487412111

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A businessman with a past encounters a being who wants to be a part of his future.

Raksha arrived from Nepal, along with his people, to reclaim his mate, Cole Brightside, a man afraid of a past he doesn’t fully remember. Their only connection has been Cole’s dreams where Raksha appears as both beast and man. Now, Raksha wants more.

Can Cole defeat his own fears to become the man Raksha needs him to be? Can Raksha accept who Cole has become?

Can they find a place for dreams?

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A Place For Dreams

Copyright © 2017 Deja Black

ISBN: 978-1-4874-1211-1

Cover art by Scott Carpenter

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A Place For Dreams

By

Deja Black

Dedication

For the ones who believed in me when I stopped believing in myself.

Prologue

When the dreams first came, the touches were light, tender brushes against Cole’s sanity.

The phantom caress of fingers drifted over Cole’s wrist, his body shivering in their wake.

Cole had been sitting in his dorm room studying when the temperature dropped to a cold so bitter he saw his own breath.

Strong fingers circled his wrist while an arm slid around his waist, pulling him back against a hard body.

He had to be imagining things, was losing his mind. It wouldn’t have been the first time.

His skin chilled as lips slid over his neck, across his collarbone.

But the sensations had only grown, upsetting his carefully organized, strategically safe world.

So cold, my mate. But you will make me warm.

The whispers had never stopped.

Chapter One

Cole Brightside was six years old the day his mind split. It had started out as a fun day, sitting outside in the back yard on a warm summer day playing with a friend. The just acquired newest Marvel action figure sat beside him where he could easily pull it out and surprise Karen. Of course, when he had, Karen displayed the requisite joy of any kid at that age.

Cole handed the toy over, excited to share the way it moved and the accompanying pieces when suddenly he was no longer outside in his parent’s backyard. Instead, he found himself in a dark room, a room so brutally cold, he’d shivered.

Mom! Dad! His voice was loud as he called for his parents, shouting at the top of his lungs, his little frame trembling while he wrapped his little arms around him. Turning one way then another, he widened his eyes as he tried to see around the room. It was then he heard it, the sounds of someone breathing. The breaths were harsh and labored, struggling for air.

Cole turned toward that sound, afraid of what he might see. A broad shadow sat in the corner of the room, its head bent.

Hello? Cole remembered his parents’ warnings not to talk to strangers, but he didn’t know where he was. He had been playing outside, and then he was here. Scared and needing help, he had no idea who to look to. Maybe the person in the shadow could help him.

He remembered shifting closer, his hand out to the dark figure. The breaths were faster, louder in the quiet room, as loud as the freight train he’d heard on television days before. Still, Cole had peeked around, his eyes slowly adjusting to the darkness. He noticed the bucket of water next to the wall and the mats lying on the floor. There was food, too, but he didn’t like the smell. Had the man been sick? Was that why he was all alone?

Sir. Cole practiced good manners. He was a Brightside, after all, the last male in a family that had held power for generations. Manners were important. Hi, my name is Cole.

A feeling rolled over Cole then, an awareness that slammed against him, and he was physically thrown back, his small body crashing to the floor. The shadow rose unsteadily before him, so tall it almost reached the ceiling. Hairy, like the bear rug on his father’s floor, and immense. The taller it grew, the bigger it became. Cole remembered glowing blue eyes and a mouth filled with fangs.

Cole tried to scream, but he was too afraid, too terrified.

Cole