The dark elf who slashed him must have graced the tip of his sword with a drug. Because that was the last thing Gray Barsk remembered until he awakened in a dark cell...and he was not alone. Immediately he sensed a female nearby. Then she attacked
After years of captivity, Leve refused to surrender. This male was the latest in a series of hellhounds they'd forced on her. But Gray was different...unlike the others, he somehow had control over his primitive instincts and could not be manipulated by their captors.
Now, for a chance to turn the tables on their tormentors and escape the nightmare of Kamp Arena, where hellhounds were bred for fighting, Leve would have to overcome her fear and distrust, and join forces with this singular male. But to fool their captors, they had to pretend to be avid mates...and their ruse was stirring very real passion in both of them.
Lori Devoti grew up in southern Missouri and attended college at the University of Missouri-Columbia where she earned a Bachelor of Journalism. She, however, made it clear to anyone who asked, she was not a writer; she worked for the dark sideadvertising. Now twenty years later, shes proud to declare herself a writer and visit her dark side occasionally by writing dark, sensual paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult novels.
Lori lives in Wisconsin with her husband, daughter, son, Siberian husky and shepherd/puggle cross.
I read this as part of the Midnight Cravings Anthology - A connected hellhounds short (Unbound series) - The hound who is imprisoned with her for breeding purposes, may be the one to erase the scars of her captivity and free her from the nightmare that has been her life - A nice little short, I like this series and Devoti's hero is a good one.