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

::Thank you, Mother!::Aron then sent a command to Harlane. ::On the count of three, grab his shoulder and start back as fast as you can! One. Two. Now!::


They both caught Clay’s shoulders and gave powerful pulls. They had moved him twice his length before the first Trogue awoke. It let out a growl of surprise, turned toward its partner and gave the sleeping hulk a sharp kick.


Aron didn’t need to translate the angry yell. “Wake up, arse-head. Something’s going on.”


By then, he and Harlane had hauled Clay to his feet. With one of them on either side to support his wobbling steps, they concentrated on putting the most distance they could between the three of them and the Trogues in record time. Unless something had changed in the last millennia or so, Aron knew one main weakness of the armored monsters was bad night vision. If that still held, it could give his party a big advantage.


Chapter 15