Hi Everyone! Hope you’re doing well!
Here’s a story I worked on for submission a few months back. I hope it’s a short and dirty treat while you wait for more news on When Dying Is Done (Shivers and Sins Volume 3). Please be aware that this is a dark erotic short with thriller and non-consent elements.
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Thanks to Eden Connor for the edits.
Also here’s some tunes that helped me during the writing process. Hope you enjoy!
Worriedaboutsatan – Baychimo
Banks – Brain
The Weeknd – High For This
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Sweating Bullets
By Kaia Bennett
I swiped sweat from the nape of my neck and turned left onto the bumpy back road that led to my late father’s cabin. Blistering cold air-conditioning fanned my face and the damp trail between my breasts, but anxiety took the place of Jacksonville’s August heat. Couldn’t stop sweating. Couldn’t cool down with the devil waiting ten miles ahead to collect his due.
In the gloom beyond my headlights, the cabin came into view, and so did the man waiting on my porch. He leaned against a post, hands stuffed casually in his jean’s pockets. His white wife-beater T-shirt glowed gold in my headlights, his tan skin painted in shadows as dark as his close-cropped hair. Thick muscle corded his arms, swelled his chest, and chiseled a path down his lean stomach. I’d taken my bastard of a confidential informant to enough fast food joints while gathering up information on his boss to know he ate like a first string quarterback.
Now he was eating up my time and my sanity. Standing on my porch like he owned the place. Like he owned me.
His smile spread slow, cool as summer wind. If not for the sheen of sweat forcing his shirt to cling to his abs, I’d have thought he couldn’t feel anything but my fear. I gulped and turned off the ignition. Clenching my jaw, I swung open the door and stepped into the sweltering night. Cicadas chirped duets with bullfrogs. The Spanish moss barely swayed on their branches, and humidity licked my skin like an insistent tongue.
“Nice place you got here.”
“It is.” I adjusted the badge on my belt and strode forward, itching to reach for my holster. “How the fuck did you find out about it, Eli?”
“Followed you one night a few months back.” His angled eyes turned into half moons as his smile grew broader. A trickle of sweat slithered between my breasts….
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It was great….wish it were longer. Release it soon Kaia….
Thank you! I’m not sure if I’ll expand on this one. Though I guess I could. They probably have plenty more to say and I just haven’t heard them yet, lol. We’ll see. I appreciate you reading and thanks again for leaving a comment!
What’s the password? I subscribe to your newsletter, read it twice, and did not find the password.
Hi! Check your inbox again. I just resent the welcome email with the password (I couldn’t send another email too soon after sending the first, unfortunately). Let me know if you have any issues! <3
Thank you Kaia Bennett. I love your style; I want all of your words! I was wondering if there is a tentative release date for the third installment of the Shivers and Sin series? I appreciate the links that you provided for the tunes. It’s always good to receive an unexpected treat! Excuse me now while I go contemplate all of the different ways that Sanna can make Eli pay. ? Have a great day, Kaia.
Thank you for reading! Glad to hear you enjoyed the story and some of the twists and turns in their characters. ;). And yay, I always write with music, so it’s nice when I get a chance to share and someone picks up a new song they might like, or realizes we like some of the same stuff. Sometimes I’ll get lucky and they share a tune I’ve never heard before too, and I add it to my lists.
I don’t have a release date for Volume 3 just yet. I never like to set one until I’m in the editing stages because it sucks to miss a deadline and leave you guys hanging. It sucks to overestimate how well the writing process is going in general, lol. But I will say I stumbled onto some plot threads that mean when it does come out, it should be well worth the wait. Thank you again for reading and commenting, and I hope you have great day too! <3 <3 <3
I’ve just re-read “Doing it to Death” for the third time and I came on here to look at updates and found this gem. However, I didn’t see my emails until now and the password you sent isn’t working for me. Is there a new password so I can read this short? Thanks!
Hi Lynnet! Sorry for the glitch there, it’s all fixed now! Thanks so much for letting me know it wasn’t working, and for reading and loving Shivers and Sins! Hard at work on Volume 3 and I’ll update this weekend on my progress. In the mean time, I hope you like this short story. And I hope you love WDID is done when it’s finished. <3 <3