Captured Prey: A Primal Play Novella

By Reno R. Mist

She wants to be hunted...but not by just anyone. No-it must be by the monster she has secretly craved.

Celia has lived her entire career teaching occult and folklore to uninterested students when all she wants is to be the heroine sprinting through a moonlit forest, breathless and trembling, pursued by something dark enough to unmake her.

So, when she uncovers the rumor buried in a forgotten academic footnote, she knew she had to check it out for herself. Face to face with a bargain and a demon, Celia cannot help but crave the unholy promise. Why not indulge?

Lahs, a leshy from Slavic Folklore, is what most would call a monster and wants to be left alone. But when a debt is claimed, he must honor it. Naturally possessive and filled with contempt for the mortal race, he thinks a few quick scares and a moonlit chase will end his debt. That is, until he realizes this academic mortal is more than what he thought.

She will be the prey.

All she needs now is the hunter waiting in the forest.

Captured Prey: A Primal Play Novella is part of the Second Circle Entry series, told in third-person POV. Each story explores desire, inhibition, and awakening in richly sensual worlds. Often pairing mortals with monsters, love and hunger intertwine as things that go bump in the night steal your heart... and possibly your soul.

Seductive. Sinister. What are you waiting for?

Readers who enjoy Scarlett St. Clair, Carissa Broadbent, Allie Oleander, Laura Thalassa, Cassie Alexander, Layla Fae, Sylvia Mercedes, and other dark romantasy authors-especially lovers of high heat chemistry, alpha monsters, and dark fantasy romance-will find themselves right at home.

This spicy, primal paranormal novella can be read as a standalone and features a tall, dark, and touch-starved alpha Slavic monster, a 35+ gutsy academic mortal, and a pulse-racing chase that ends in a sweet and steamy reward for adult readers only.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJCS313J
• ISBN13: 9798998905360
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Posh Pangolin Publishers
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"