Luffs

By Shay Savage

Once upon a time, you fell in love with a caveman.

His needs were basic, his ambitions primal, his love fierce.

Now, fall in love with Ehd all over again…through Beh's eyes.

Luffs—Shay Savage's holiday gift to Transcendence fans everywhere!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shay Savage
• Release date: Nov 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9780999258064

Shay Savage

Shay Savage is an independent author from Cincinnati, Ohio, where she lives with her family and a variety of household pets. She is an accomplished public speaker and holds the rank of Distinguished Toastmaster from Toastmasters International. Her hobbies include off-roading in her big, yellow Jeep, science fiction in all forms, and soccer. Savage holds a degree in psychology, and she brings a lot of that knowledge into the characters within her stories.From the author: “It’s my job to make you FEEL. That doesn’t always mean you’ll feel good, but I want my readers to be connected enough to my characters to care.”Savage’s books many books span a wide variety of topics and sub-genres with deeply flawed characters. From cavemen to addicts to hitmen, you’ll find yourself falling for these seemingly irredeemable characters!

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Author’s Note

Since February of 2014, readers have been asking me to write Transcendence from Elizabeth/Beh’s point of view.  I’ve always balked at the idea for a variety of reasons.  Once I’m done with a story, I’m pretty much done with it.  I’d rather pursue new characters versus revisiting old ones.  I also think part of the beauty of Transcendence is that is it only told through Ehd’s pure and simplistic eyes.

When I attend book signings and conferences, readers inevitably bring up their love for Transcendence.  When I explain the concept to a new reader, the relationship between Ehd and Beh always makes me smile.  As the Transcendence audiobook was being produced, the characters reappeared.  I figured it was time to give Beh a voice.  Consider it a holiday gift for all of you because I never thought I’d write any of this!

If you haven’t read Transcendence at all, a lot of this is going to be lost on you.  It’s not meant to be a standalone but a glimpse into important events in Beh’s life with Ehd.  Feel free to read it anyway, but you won’t get the same feel.  Though Luffs isn’t the entire story of Ehd and Beh retold, it is exclusively from Beh’s point of view.  Beh’s perspective will give you a little insight into her mindset, provide you with some new scenes, and hopefully give you a little joy.

Much luffs to you all!

Shay Savage

Table of Contents

Author’s Note

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Author’s End Note

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Chapter 1

I need to get back to where I was.  I don’t know what happened, but whatever it is, my father will figure it out.  When he does, I need to be in the same place where I started.

What feels like only moments ago, I was in my father’s laboratory.  I had been on a class trip to the natural history museum where my father worked and where my mother had an exclusive exhibit from one of her archeological digs in Hungary.  I had slipped away from the group to hang out in my father’s lab when something extraordinary happened.

My father had been working on a physics experiment regarding wormholes.  Somehow, while poking around his equipment, I had triggered the device he had built.  Bright light surrounded me, and I felt as if I were being turned inside out.  A moment later, I had found myself in a hole in the ground, staring up at the scruffy face of a caveman.

He dragged me out of the hole and across a field.  Now, I’m standing at the entrance to what is clearly a cave nestled in a rock wall just a few feet above a valley floor with what is clearly a caveman in front of me.

The tall, rough, and brutish young man tilts his head and narrows his eyes.  He stares at my mouth and makes a move to grab my arm again.  I pull back, and he straightens up to tower over me.

Even with the beard, I can tell he’s not much older than I, but he’s built like Thor from all those Avenger movies.  His wild, long hair and beard would be frightening enough on their own, but combined with the dirt all over him and the long streak of what is clearly blood across his chest, he is positively terrifying.

I can’t stay here! I yell at him.  I need to get back home!

Home.  Where is home?  To know that, I would have to know where I am now, and I don’t have the faintest clue.  My stomach churns.

I realize you don’t understand me, I say, trying to be ever so slightly calm despite the pressure in my chest, but I don’t belong here.  I’m not supposed to be here, and I need to get where my dad can find me.

With a grunt, the huge, feral-haired guy pushes my back against the rock wall and presses his grungy body to mine.  He places his hand over my mouth, gripping my jaw at the same time.  Apparently, he didn’t appreciate being bitten a few minutes ago.

I can smell the earth and sweat on his nearly naked body as he holds himself alongside me.  I’m fairly certain what I feel against the thigh of my jeans is his dick, but I’m not about to look down to find out for sure.  I can’t speak or scream.  I can’t even move with his body crushing me against the rock at my back.  I swallow hard and look over his shoulder, trying to stop my mind from conjuring up the most horrible possibilities.

He grips my face tighter and moves to look me in the eyes.  I stare through him, trying not to let the tears pour from my eyes and down my face.

Abruptly, he releases me and steps back, giving me a slight push toward the dark opening of a cave.  Without another option, I step through the narrow opening and glance behind me.  He has to turn sideways to fit through, but he’s right there with me as I make my way through the passage and into a dimly lit cave.

It takes my eyes a few moments to adjust, but when I can see enough to look around the small space, I see a fire and a pile of furs but little else.  I glance over at the bearded man to find him watching me closely with apprehension in his eyes.

With a nearly inaudible grunt, he suddenly moves toward the fire and crouches to grab at something.  I watch as he pulls the carcass of some animal off a spit and tears off pieces to shove in his mouth.

Has he forgotten I’m here?

I take a tentative step toward the opening of the cave, and he suddenly jumps up with a large piece of meat in his fingers.  He approaches, and I back away.  His wild expression as he holds the dangling hunk of flesh out to me makes my stomach drop.  With a scream, I rush for the small opening, my only means of escape.

I don’t get far.

Let me go! I scream as he grabs me by the waist and hauls be back into the cave and close to the fire.  For a moment, I think he’s going to throw me into the flames, and I scream again.

Leave me alone! I shout.  Please, please, just leave me alone!

He holds me so tightly, I can hardly move.  I struggle as much as I can, feeling my arms and legs burn as I kick and hit, but he barely even notices my efforts.  With ease, he holds me against him as he sits near the fire and holds me in his lap.  I twist and turn, but I can’t get away.

He’s not hurting me.

Telling myself this over and over again does little to relieve the terror inside of me.  I push against his chest again but to no avail.  I’m exhausted—body and mind.  I can no longer hold back, and I surrender to my sobs as I go limp in his arms.

As I sob into his shoulder, the caveman gently strokes my hair.

Please, I say through wails, please just let me go!

He grunts and holds me to his chest.  I try to resist, but I’m simply too tired.  My muscles don’t want to obey my commands, and all I can do it sit there in his lap and cry as he runs his hands over my hair.  He begins to rock me as if I were a child in distress.

After a while, he reaches over to the fire and yanks a piece of meat off the bone.  He holds it up to me, and all

Reviews for Luffs

[Cindy Mahoney · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read Transcendence some time ago and although I remember loving it ,it is not fresh in my mind. I enjoyed Beh's viewpoint in this novella and have been inspired to go back and re-read it. So off to do so.
Additionally am new to SCRIBD and am thrilled to have access to all of Shey's work.Yay!