Tame

Ludo might be the most magnificent man Cavan's ever met...but why does he say he's...tame?It's Halloween and LAPD cop Cavan Carmichael is expecting spooky things...this is LA, after all. But who could have predicted a late night animal abuse call would reveal a beaten, chained-up man in a garden shed?Cavan rescues the bruised and bloodied man who rasps the mysterious words, "Don't worry I'm tame."But is he? Nothing about him adds up. For every medical test the doctors perform, come only more questions. When Ludo is admitted to the hospital he has grievous injuries inflicted by a despicable assailant via antique instruments of torture.Unbelievably, these injuries heal fast and Cavan, who visits the recuperating man finds he is attracted and intrigued. But can he overlook such oddities as bristles under the man's tongue or strange wolf hairs in his wounds?Is the most beautiful man Cavan has ever seen, really...tame?This story has been previously published.