After seven years of being on the move, Arlo Barman wants nothing more than a place to call home. But unbeknownst to him, Arlo is a caladrius healer, so staying in one place has never been an option. The compulsion to separate himself from those he's healed is all-consuming and leaves him little choice but to pack up yet again. Nash Silver is the only werewolf in his small coastal town. Living undetected in a human world is imperative for his kind, and he and his small circle of friends -- a vampire and a psychic -- have done so for decades. But Nash's anonymous existence is jeopardized when a man with an enticing scent moves into town. From the moment Nash lays eyes on the stranger, nothing is more important than being close to him. Not even guarding his secret. Arlo isn't interested in a relationship or even a date, his past has taught him nothing good comes from it, but the rather pushy local popping up everywhere he goes has his heart somersaulting. If he's heart is somersaulting or not doesn't matter, because when Nash gets injured, Arlo is the only one who can save him. Having used his powers, Arlo has to leave Nash and the cozy town he wanted to make his home, but can Nash survive being separated from his mate?

Black Bird

Arlo retched a couple of times, and the relief as Arlo patted his hand was enough to make him want to weep, except they didn’t have time for shit like that now.


Arlo groaned. “Gil?” The voice was barely audible.


“No, I know. It’s in my…” He pointed at his head. “You’re scared.”


Nash wanted to deny it, but how could he?


“The knife. I didn’t heal, and this knife looked the same.”


Nash wanted to object, wanted to force Arlo to heal Gilbert. He’d healed him, he could heal Gilbert. “He’s dying.”


Arlo nodded, and it chilled Nash to the bone. Sixty years. Gilbert had been his best friend for sixty years. His one constant. The only one he could be himself with. The only one who understood what the change of time did to a person when he stayed unchanged. “He can’t die.” Nash’s voice broke, a sob climbing his throat.


Chapter 66