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

Inside, several of the creatures sat or squatted around a low table. Aron would have said they were holding a meeting, but he could have misread the scene.


Their Shag guide first bowed deeply and then spoke aloud in low but smooth syllables. Its speech seemed to be mostly vowel sounds with only a few harsher, guttural, hard-edged tones. One of those at the table rose, stood for a breath and then executed a deep bow to Aron and Clay, appearing to drop to its knees. ::We are deeply honored by your presence, O Holy Ones. Tonight we will feast and fete you before we go tomorrow so you can slay the dragons as the prophecy proclaimed.::


Chapter 10