As head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Paranormal Operations Unit, Clay Chiles has found a place where he can serve with honor and a surrogate family to replace the one he never truly enjoyed. When he meets Elven warrior Arondel and begins to build the partnership he had never hoped to find, life seems good. Still for two life-long loners to merge their lives, hearts and minds, an occasional conflict is bound to arise.<br><br>Clay’s discovery he has not only a father but a half-brother on Arondel’s home world of Elvenheim creates new and different challenges -- can he accept and trust relatives so different from all he has known? Can they accept him? Finally, faced with incredible tasks and dangers, Clay and Aron are torn asunder. Will the strength of their still- fragile bond be enough to bring them through hell and back to one another’s arms?

Runes of Redemption

“I’d never have found it; not even known where or how to look. Aron did. Maybe he can teach me in time. Says they give off a particular kind of vibrations, specific energy frequencies. I felt it—maybe, but I’m not sure. From his story, it sounded like the elves have used them for eons and recently—just a century or two in our time—some of the bad guys have recovered the old spells for creating one.”


Alex fidgeted, his movements subtle but clear. “Manuel and I had better get back. The colonel wanted to talk to us before he turned in. I suspect he feels their work is done, so they need to move on to other missions. I’m not so sure, but he could be right. We haven’t encountered Trogue one or even a sign of any for two days now.”


Chapter 7