Gabe Granger gathers intelligence for George Washington, even after he’s bitten by a vampyre in the service of the British. Remember Littlebury, his longtime friend, stays with him as his black swan, keeping him safe from sunlight and getting messages to General Washington.<br><br>After the war ends, they continue working for the fledgling government through one conflict after another. When Gabe loses Remember at the Battle of Gettysburg, he’s ready to give up, but his country still needs his services. And there are many black swans for him to choose from. None are any more fortunate than Remember, and one by one they’re killed in various wars.<br><br>All Noah Poynter wants is to be a black swan, and he’s devastated when his pop tells him he’s just a normal. In spite of everything, Gabe and Noah become friends. Is there any hope for the two of them?

The Black Swan

“Okay, then any guys he doesn’t want, I can take a crack at.”


“Good idea.” And maybe there would be one for him as well.


“But what I meant was suppose he doesn’t want us to find him a partner?”


“Are you trying to make things difficult?”


“We’ll worry about that when the time comes.”


As the weeks slipped past, Noah waited impatiently for Gabriel to knock on the door of the Golden Circle; he had the whole thing organized and even had a couple of prospects on the line. He knew Gabriel had had both male and female black swans, so while he got his own agency together, he put an ad couched in discreet terms in a national newspaper—if Gabriel accepted a black swan who was local, Noah would have to move away, because he’d be too depressed to remain in Wittington.


Chapter 35