Series Reading Order:
# 1 - Dark Light
# 2 - The Dark Prince
# 2.5 - Nikolai
BLURB: *This is a PREQUEL NOVELLA for the Dark Light Series, NOT Book 3, to be read AFTER reading Dark Light & The Dark Prince*
Two centuries ago, I clawed my way into a world of immorality, filth and destruction. A world seething with secrets and lies, both mortal and immortal.
Complete and utter Darkness.
I know we’re supposed to be inherently evil, but something inside me refuses to fully believe our legends. Something that calls out for more…calls out for her.
But there are rules. Rules that control the balance of nature. And if broken, it could destroy everything I’ve ever known. It could destroyme.
I am Nikolai Skotos, son of Stavros and Delia, and brother of Dorian, the heir of the Dark throne. I am one of the most powerful Dark forces to have ever walked this earth.
And I once was lost.
Now, I’m about to give it all up for the girl that found me.
Complete and utter Darkness.
I know we’re supposed to be inherently evil, but something inside me refuses to fully believe our legends. Something that calls out for more…calls out for her.
But there are rules. Rules that control the balance of nature. And if broken, it could destroy everything I’ve ever known. It could destroyme.
I am Nikolai Skotos, son of Stavros and Delia, and brother of Dorian, the heir of the Dark throne. I am one of the most powerful Dark forces to have ever walked this earth.
And I once was lost.
Now, I’m about to give it all up for the girl that found me.
Excerpt:
I stand at the foot of the bed, gazing down at the naked
bodies twisted in rumpled satin sheets. Pale moonlight kisses their skin,
making them appear ethereal, ghostlike even.
So beautiful. So soft. So weak.
I lean forward, propping a knee onto the mattress, and
position myself between their sleeping forms. My fingers graze their soft skin,
leaving a trail of goose bumps in their wake. I inhale their combined scents,
picking up traces of alcohol, sweat and sex. And something else. Something more. It invades my lungs and bursts in
my chest, sprouting tingling warmth in my extremities.
Magic.
Just a drop between the two, but it will do. These days,
it’s harder and harder to find more than that. In a willing donor, that is.
I lay down facing the brunette, my hands exploring the soft
contours of her body. I brush her cheek with the back of my hand. She was
stunning once- I can tell. But her indulgences have aged her. Her vices, her
weaknesses, have not been kind to her. She’ll die before her time, I’m certain
of it.
“Wake,” I whisper. Instantly, her eyes open, and once her
pupils adjust to the dark, she smiles.
“Hey,” she says, caressing my bare chest.
I give her a slight smile and cup her face between my hands.
“Look at me.”
She complies instantly, looking back at me with trusting,
brown eyes. Eyes that will forget that they ever saw my face. They dilate
within seconds and her body relaxes against mine. She’s completely open to me- her thoughts, her
actions…all mine. But most of all, her magic. The tiny trace concealed in her
bloodline flows freely into my body as I inhale the base of her neck. I moan
and let my teeth graze her throat.
Fuck, it feels good. It always does, transcending any
measure of human pleasure. Breathing is beyond feeling. Beyond physical
sensation. It’s complete and utter euphoria, exploding in every synapse. It’s
feeding your soul and making love to your spirit. It’s life itself.
My dick twitches to life, and soon I am hot and hard against
her thigh. “Touch me,” I mutter, my mouth moving down her chest. She unleashes
me and begins to stroke, only heightening the sheer bliss pumping through my
veins. I squeeze my eyes tight and imagine it’s someone else caressing me.
Someone else kissing the side of my face as I lick a trail from her collarbone
to her hardened nipple.
Amelie. It’s as if
the name is carried by a wisp of wildflower-scented air.
I bury my face deeper into her skin, trying to lose
myself…in myself. My desires, my secrets, my fears. They’re all magnified times
ten, drowning me in the once perfectly contained emotions that seep from the
cracks of my broken soul.
I can feel the pull…the pull towards her. Beckoning me to
relent and stop the charade. My whole fucking life is a charade, and I’m
nothing but a puppet, dancing around like a fucking fool in hopes of some type
of acceptance. Some sign that I’m more than a philandering piece of shit. More
than a cold, ruthless killer.
More than my father.
“Wake,” I growl, against humid skin. Within seconds, another
set of hands joins us, kneading my shoulders and back. The blonde kisses my
neck as she moves her body into my line of vision, offering it to me. Roughly,
I grab her waist and pull her to me, burying my face in her neck and chest. Her
scent, her flavor, is subtly sweet, warm, but not warm enough. Not sweet
enough. Not like her. Not like…
Amelie.
This time I pause, but only long enough to part her legs and
sink into her without warning. She cries out from shock, pleasure, and even a
bit of pain. I don’t care. I don’t give a fuck about anything right now. The
brunette positions herself over the blonde’s mouth, sating her own fiery need.
She offers herself to me, and again, I take her. But her magic is waning. She’s
weak. And while her body seeks pleasure, her soul is slowly dying. She sags
against me, trembling with the aftershocks of orgasm and fatigue. I push her
aside, digging into the blonde’s wet core with unrelenting strokes.
Just focus on this.
Just this lustful act. Nothing else but this. Because it means nothing. She
means nothing. And I feel…nothing.
I fuck her until she can’t take anymore, breathing nearly
every drop of life from her limp body. When I finally stop, I realize she’s
unconscious and eerily pale. Doesn’t matter. I climb out of her and sit on the
edge of the bed, pulling at my hair, wishing like hell it would help me forget.
That it would take away that urge to go to her. I don’t understand it- shit,
I’ve never felt it before- but it’s there. And, shit, it’s stronger than
anything I have ever felt. Maybe even stronger than me.
Jenn's Review:
When our blog is given a chance to read anything from S.L. Jennings, we immediately jump at the chance!
The genius that is S.L. Jennings has gotten us into the mind
of Nikolai Skotos. And it is dark and depraved. He is the epitome of evil and
all that gives us fear. But just looking at him, that part stays hidden; until
he is ready for you to see it.
Nikolai is nothing like his brother Dorian, and I hope you’ve
already met him, since you are reading this!
Nikolai is also conflicted. For the first time in his long
life he wants to comfort someone. He wants to protect someone. She’s human but
has been touched by magic. And that right there is why he should kill her
before whoever sent her gets to him first. But our plans don’t always go as
planned.
Getting to know Amelie changes Nikolai. He knows that he
would never be worthy of her but he is willing to do what it takes. Even if it
means taking her away to protect her from his kind. The more time he spends
with Amelie, the deeper in love he falls and this is something he has NEVER
felt before. What I don’t expect is a visit from Aurora! The one we love to
hate and we have all the more reason now! Grrrrrr, she is always up to
something.
I can honestly say that if you have read Dark Light and The
Dark Prince and enjoyed them, you will love Nikolai. Watching him turn into the
person that loves Amelie was incredible. He battled with himself constantly on
what was right and wrong, having to do with her. She was pure and innocent and
he wanted to take all that away.
I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did! I give Nikolai
5 +++++ tortured soul, loving heart stars!!!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Most known for her starring role in a popular sitcom as a child, S.L. Jennings went on to earn her law degree from Harvard at the young age of 16. While studying for the bar exam and recording her debut hit album, she also won the Nobel Prize for her groundbreaking invention of calorie-free wine. When she isn’t conquering the seas in her yacht or flying her Gulfstream, she likes to spin elaborate webs of lies and has even documented a few of these said falsehoods.
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FEAR OF FALLINGAFRAID TO FLY (sequel to Fear of Falling)- not yet released
THE DARK LIGHT SERIES
v Dark Light
v The Dark Prince
v Nikolai (a Dark Light novella)- coming November 2013
v Light Shadows- not yet released
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