The Devil You Know — Tori Minard

Demon Kin Damien Fallyn is walking away from his job as a Controller of the Soul Opening Ceremony, a Bellerenic rite that uses sexual energy to probe the minds of accused criminals. But his king presses one last assignment on him -- unite with Anne Paulsen, the human girl he once loved, now accused of an attempted act of brutal terrorism and the last person Damien wishes to pleasure. He must obey, although he knows that one touch, one kiss, will be his doom, making him hers again. Forever.

Anne never forgot the beautiful young Demon Kin male she fell in love with as a teen on her home world of Novus Vita. And she never forgave him, either. Damien ruined her in the eyes of her family and her people. Now she is his slave, subject to his hatred, his resentment, struggling to hide her shameful secrets from his eyes.

The Devil You Know is a novella of 41,500 words. Demon Kin stories can be read in any order.