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

Somehow he would have to find a way to win over this younger sibling and assure Marishal his position was not threatened by Clay’s presence. Clay wanted nothing from his father, except an explanation and then perhaps a friendship. Once Balinor saw the enmity his younger son held for his elder, he might exert some influence. Clay sighed. This was not a good time to be far from his modern Earth and its needs, but for now, he knew no way to return to his duties there. For today, he chose to focus on mending fences in Elvenheim while he was here.


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