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

With their hands pressed together, Niko nodded, and when Travis surrounded them with light again, it beamed out of Niko’s palm as well. The shade absorbed it all and kept absorbing it until a soft creaking sound echoed through the room.


Much to Travis’s astonishment, the shade then cracked into several smaller pieces, all of them bordered with a twinkling illumination. The light gradually took over all that darkness, spreading brightly from all sides until it was almost too bright for Travis to look at.


All the shades, though Travis couldn’t be sure if they could be classified as such anymore, vibrated and then burst into millions of tiny sparkling, glittering specks of dust. They all sprinkled down around Travis and Niko. They tickled to the touch. Made Travis breathe out a soft giggle. He even held his hand out for them. When they landed on his palm, they shimmered for a second before dissolving. His own, personal glowing snowflakes.


Chapter 25