As head of the Border Patrol’s Paranormal Operations Unit, Clay Chiles has found a place where he can function and a surrogate family to replace the one he never truly had. He keeps hidden a lot of secrets, and both fears and longs for the day he may be able to take that one long step out of solitude and darkness into love and light.<br><br>Before he can do that, however, he has to face some surprising facts about himself and deal with some horrific enemies. Although not a weak man, he’ll never have the strength alone to confront all those demons. But who can help him there?<br><br>Arondel Wanderer is a son of the ancient Elven royal clan, but far enough from the throne to be expendable. He obeys his queen’s orders to visit Earth and find what is going wrong there. One task he faces is to contact and recruit a human keystone in the desperate effort to stop an invasion of ancient evil that could corrupt the elves’ original home beyond redemption. Aron, a loner and solitary emissary from Elvenheim, never expected to find his soul-mate on this mission, but surprises, both good and bad, have always been part of his long and adventurous life. He’ll take anything good he is given, and once he sights the partner he’s always wanted, the most extreme danger is not enough to deter him.

Runes of Revelation

The sun had barely peeked over the rugged hills to the east when the group gathered at the center of the encampment circle for their orders. Most already formed up into groups of two or three, men and women who were used to working together and had built a level of rapport and trust so essential in dealing with danger.


Clay glanced around the group, a sudden powerful mixture of emotions washing over him. He might not have a family anymore, might never have had one where he truly felt he was a precious part of the group, but these people were his family. He recognized love, pride, and camaraderie in his feelings and a few other things he could not pin down.


Chapter 6