"InTo Love a GodGreek god Hephaestus finds his world -- and his mind and body -- set aflame by a minor water god named Aean.
In this follow-up story, Aean interrupts his celestial lover in the one place where Hephaestus is most powerful: his forge. Though busy with work, Hephaestus doesn't mind the interruption, and when Aean suggests a reversal of their usual roles -- this time with him on the receiving end of Hephaestus's attentions -- the smith hurries to comply.
To learn more about how seasoned lovers Hephaestus and Aean meet, be sure to check out the prequel!"
Quench the Fire By J.M. Snyder Beneath the mountain there is no sense of time. All that marks the passing minutes are the flickering flames of his forge and the steady one-two rhythm his hammer makes as it hits the steel. The god mortals call Hephaestus stands before his anvil sheathed in only a dingy loincloth and an asbestos apron that protects the hair on his chest and legs from the fires around him. His strong arms work in unison, one holding the unfinished end of the steel bar he’s drawing out into a staff, the other clenched tight around the hammer’s handle. The dark hair atop his head curls from the heat, the ends dripping with sweat that courses down his back and face in beads, blazing through the soot and grime masking his skin. Every so often he shifts his weight f