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

::We will never be truly apart, not as long as we both live and even beyond.::Aron’s silent declaration seemed like a vow, a promise.


Clay took it into his very essence and wrapped it there to keep. ::I’ll never be alone again then. Thank you for that. I love you.:: He realized then how few times he had ever said those three simple words. He had probably heard them said tohim even fewer times. For a moment, sadness swept through him over all he had missed, but then Aron’s reply took any hint of sorrow away.


::And I love you—with all of my being. I have always loved you, even though we had not managed to find each other until now. I always have and I always will.:: 6


Chapter 22