HoHoHo for You (Hide & Seek #3)

Important Note from the Author

This book is a stand-alone novella and can be enjoyed without reading previous books in the series. However, previous books offered content warnings that are included here for new readers, along with new warnings specific to this story:

HoHoHo for You contains graphic depictions of violence, sexual situations, and a therapeutic practice used to help people process traumatic events from their pasts.

Sexual Content:

These characters enter this story with an established history of primal play, Cee-eN-Cee, and consensual stalking.

If you are new to the “hunt” and “takedown” of primal play, please note that in the beginning of the lead male and female’s relationship, I took liberties with generally agreed practices to create a structure that suits my characters and their unique backstories. What you find between these pages is not “normal” practice from real life Primal Doms.

If you live these lifestyles, please rest assured: Any deviations from general protocols are not oversight, but intentional choices for this story, and these particular characters.

Or if you’re interested in exploring these lifestyles, please do not expect this story to demonstrate widely used practices. I’d urge you to approach any real-life interactions with great caution and a great deal of research that doesn’t involve my fiction . (Insert sweat-and-smile emoji here.)

Violent Content:

Towards the end of this story, Bridget relays to the reader some detailed events that she witnessed and experienced. She also expresses some of the long-ranging fear and pain associated with the consequences of violence in her community, home, and between her parents.

If you are a person who shares these experiences, you might find this encouraging—or you may find it triggering. Please enter the story with caution, and only read on if it is helpful, not harmful.

Therapeutic Content:

In this story, Sam, the male lead, has experienced some healing and growth himself and is attempting to help Bridget to process some of her trauma.

The vehicle he offers her is a legitimate, therapeutic practice that I’d encourage anyone to try. However, Sam’s awareness of his support role in that—and his wise respect of how to go about it—is something most people would not know how to navigate well.

If you choose to follow Bridget’s footsteps in this, I’d encourage you to be highly cautious with whom you choose to share the results of that process. This exercise can be cathartic, even without sharing it with another person. However, having someone stronger and more knowledgeable alongside you to support and help you process as you step through it is ideal.

In my personal experience, it can also be incredibly helpful to share it with Jesus Christ.

Regardless, if you’re working through pain, while I hope you find some encouragement and healing here, please do not treat this material as a guidebook. Remember, Sam is fiction. In your real life, look for a wise, empathetic person with some experience and understanding of how their reactions might affect you, and the patience and strength to walk through the entire process with you, which would likely take much longer than is depicted here. While there are men like Sam who exist… they’re rare. Take careful advice when considering sharing something like this with another person who may not realize that even simple dismissal could be extremely hurtful.

With all that said, I hope you’ll sit back and enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. These two are precious to me, and I’m so glad you decided to join me in their journey.

See you on the other side!

Aimee