Travis Grayweaver is a witch with two significant problems. First, he has a tendency to run toward trouble instead of away from it without the insurance of a Guild to back him. As a freelancing witch taking odd jobs wherever he can, this has landed him in some trouble with the Grand Council of High Magic. Second, he's madly in love with his best friend Niko, and is much too afraid to confess his feelings to him. Niko, born between the corporeal and ethereal worlds, is a familiar -- cat one minute, human the next -- with a rare, pure source of magick sought after by people all over the world. When contracted, familiars will do whatever they have to in order to protect their human. Although Travis has no contract with Niko, they share an unshakable bond built on friendship, loyalty, and trust. But their bond is put to the ultimate test when something dark and sinister threatens their community and their lives. If they don't stop it in time, Travis might lose Niko -- and the chance to ever tell him how he really feels -- forever.

Watch with Glittering Eyes

“Mm.” He leaned down and kissed the tip of Travis’s nose. “It occurred to me that we’ve never had sex in a garden before and it’s a shame because the thought of it is terribly fun.”


“Okay, well, we’re not doing that now.”


“And why not?” He glanced around. “It’s a beautiful afternoon and I’m already naked. That simply leaves you and your clothes.”


“Right, but did you forget there are three little kids running around?” he asked. “Probably looking for you.”


“Oh, yes.” His ears swiveled a bit as though listening for them. “The mini-humans. How very irritating.”


“Please.” Travis touched Niko’s chin between his thumb and index finger. “You were enjoying their attention just fine earlier.”


“That was different. Now they’re in the way of something I want.”


“If you’d let me get back to work,” Travis said, “I can finish. Then we can go home and have all the sex you’d like.”


Chapter 18