It Came Upon a Midnight Tentacle

<p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Poisoned fruit from a rotted tree... </em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Qylar from disgraced House Zyven became untouchable the second his family rightfully landed in the prison mines. While he was innocent of their crimes-and only a boy of ten-he nearly ended up suffering their fate as well. The only thing that saved him was his best friend's intervention. He's lived his life in House Kreegl's debt ever since.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Not that Cryss has ever asked for </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>anything</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> in return except brotherhood. For that reason he's loyally stood at his friend's side for three decades. When Cryss met Alex and started a family on Earth he became their fiercest protector. But standing on the sidelines and watching the love the growing family shared became an unexpected torment.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No Nefyrian would ever take a fallen prince to mate considering his family's sordid reputation</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After he meets Kenji in San Francisco's iconic Eagle Bar the little bundle of nerves in black leather calls to him like no other has before. After a lifetime of one-night stands Qylar has finally met a man who makes him envision a tomorrow. A human might not be able to give him children but a lifetime of love is more than enough.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the human can accept that he's secretly a tentacled alien shifter of course.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will a December alone with Kenji along with a little added holiday magic create a chance for Qylar to have the family he never thought possible?</span></p><p></p>