A Year Less Three Days — Mychael Black

Only love will save them…if it can survive the pits of the damned.

When Lias's wife was kidnapped, all his skills as a woodsman couldn't save her -- or himself. Captured, sold repeatedly to different masters, Lias endures abuse, torture, and worse. By the time his latest master buys him, Lias is little more than an animal.

He is a creature of rage and hate, antagonizing his master at every turn, lashing out at his boundaries, waiting and watching for a chance to escape and return to his children -- or die trying.

At times, Necromis, a knight of the Order of the White Bear, would like nothing more than to oblige his aggravating new charge, but one thing stays his deadly hand. Lias is his last hope. Long ago, Necromis made a deal with a demon named Bonecracker to gain fame, wealth, and respect.

But the day of reckoning is coming, and there's only one way out of this bargain -- capture the heart of a broken slave, or Necromis's soul will forever belong to Bonecracker.

Warning: Mention of rape, violence.