Caged Sanctuary

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Desires’ Guardian

“This is my favorite in this series so far. I love seeing how these characters are growing, all of them. As individuals, as couples, as friends and as a family.”

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Bound by Desire

What captures me about this particular series and characters is the love that they have for one another. … James challenges Seth, a lot, but he knows his place and when to reel it in. And Seth takes care of James, nurtures, adores, and cares for him like no one else ever could.

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By
T
EMPESTE
O’R
ILEY

Caged Sanctuary

Grand Adventures (Dreamspinner Anthology)

D
ESIRES
E
NTWINED

Designs of Desire

Simple Desires

Bound by Desire

Desires’ Guardian

Temptations of Desire

Truth in Lace

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REAMSPINNER
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REAMSPINNER
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Caged Sanctuary

© 2014 Tempeste O’Riley.

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ISBN: 978-1-63216-612-8

Digital ISBN: 978-1-63216-613-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014952116

First Edition December 2014

Printed in the United States of America

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For all those who search for a lover who can see past a difference of body.

For all those whose hearts desperately hope for love as they are, not for how society says they should be.

A special thank-you to Katy, for without you, Kade would never have been and neither man would have their happily ever after…

with a cane.

K
ADE
T
HORN
sat in his office near downtown in Asheville, as he did most evenings since he and Gary had broken up months ago. He worked on getting a few last things done so he could head home at a reasonable hour. His laptop was open on his desk, the recorder activated as he dictated his notes from his last patient. Once that was completed, he saved the file and then turned to look out the large window behind him. The day was lovely, bright azure sky with only the occasional fluffy white clouds dotted about. He missed the carefree days of summer, though he hadn’t had any of those in years. Not since shortly after graduation and gaining his license in dental medicine.

A light knock sounded behind him, pulling him out of his daydreams. Exhaling hard, Kade called, “Enter.”

The door opened as Kade spun his chair around and Katie, his best friend and one of his hygienists, poked her head inside and smiled. “Come on, Kade. It’s the end of the day and the week. Office is closed, and you need to come out with us tonight.”

The sigh that slipped out couldn’t be missed, and by the sudden frown on Katie’s pretty little face, she’d heard it. “I’m going to just go on home. I’ll see you Monday.”

“Uh-uh. Nope. You are not going to stay cooped up in your house all weekend. Again. You need to get out and meet people.” Kade opened his mouth to argue, but she cut him off, as usual. “Not clients, Kade. People. Men, specifically. You can’t live the rest of your life like a monk, sweetie.”

Katie had been bugging him for months… well, off and on for years really, but it had gotten worse when she started seeing her “forever boyfriend,” Dane. “Just because you’re blissfully joined with your guy doesn’t mean I need to go out with you two tonight.”

She had never liked Gary, claimed he never looked her in the eye when he spoke to her.

“Kade….”

“No, it’s pointless, Katie. It’s not like I’m going to find the kind of guy I’d want anywhere you could take me, and you know it. I appreciate you wanting to help, but….” He trailed off, gesturing to his wheelchair.

“You know, not all guys are going to be like Gary. There are plenty of people in wheelchairs like you that have partners,” she countered.

He knew others had partners while chair-bound, but she didn’t understand. It was more than just trying to find a guy he could care for and build a life with while stuck with wheels; it was also finding someone he could trust, someone who could handle his needs and issues in the bedroom too. No Dom wanted a sub who couldn’t kneel, couldn’t serve, couldn’t move his lower half without help. Since he’d lost use of his legs, the Doms he had played off and on with before the attack didn’t even seem to see him. One was a patient, but the man had not shown so much as a flicker of recognition that Kade had once been one of the boys he’d played with at Club Fierce.

“Not tonight, Katie. I’m really not up for it. Okay?”
Please, listen for once!

Katie sighed and rolled her eyes before narrowing her gaze on him again, a slow smile crossing her lips. “Fine, sweetie. I’ll see you at six tomorrow, then.”

Six?
“Um, why?”
What’s at six?

“Dinner at my place, of course. You promised you’d come to my next get-together, and that just so happens to be tomorrow night.” She smiled sweetly, but he knew there was more mischief than goodness in that grin.

Tilting his head back to glare at the ceiling, he groaned. He had promised, dammit. “You don’t really have a party planned for tomorrow night, do you?”

“Yep.”

He counted to ten in his head before grinding out, “And you’re just now telling me?”

“Figured you’d try to find a way out if I gave you too much warning,” she explained.

She knew him too well. He wouldn’t renege on a promise, a fact he hated himself for right then. “Fine.”

Kade collected his wallet, keys, and the backpack he used to carry things on the back of his chair, before wheeling himself toward the door. Katie moved when he reached her, the grin still firmly in place, then walked beside him, flipping off lights and locking up as they exited the dental practice. Harold, his dental partner, left early most Fridays, and the other hygienists and office personnel were already gone.

“Don’t be late,” Katie called as she waved and walked to her car.

Kade quickly maneuvered to his own car, and after getting himself into the front, he popped the wheels off of his shiny black ultralight Quickie GT chair and slid it into the space behind him, like always. When Katie stopped her car beside his, he looked over and gave her a weak smile. He pushed the button to roll down his window. “I will be there. I even promise to smile and talk. That’s the best I can promise, though.”