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, that was done. Now he’d have to replace the shirt. The last thing he wanted was Gabriel questioning it.


Noah raced up to his bedroom, tearing off his shirt as he went, and changed into another one, black, so if he started bleeding again it wouldn’t show. It was awkward doing up the buttons, since his elbow didn’t want to bend, but he had it done by the time he returned to the kitchen.


He had to take the goblet out of the microwave, but once that was done, it only took a minute to pour two cups of coffee and nuke them. He put them on a tray his mom had left behind—it had been Grandma Poynter’s, and Mom had never cared for it. Come to think of it, neither did he.


He added spoons, milk, and the sugar bowl. From their single date, he knew Ted took his coffee the same way he did.


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