Kelwyn Grayson is just one more faceless runaway on the streets of Tower City. Among elves, gnolls, and dragons, one winged boy fades into the background of life in the Eternal Kingdom.  But when he cuts the purse of the handsome were-lion Harun Rashid, he finds himself dragged out of the crowd.<br><br>Rather than a cell, however, Harun offers a helping hand to set Kelwyn on the road to a respectable, peaceful life ... if he could just bring himself to stop flirting shamelessly with Harun, keep his sticky fingers to himself, and avoid bringing the wrath of a powerful, mad vampire down on his head.<br><br>But even faced with Kelwyn's death -- or undeath -- Harun will not give up on him, and Kelwyn will not give up on finding his way to sharing that peaceful life with Harun.  Two men, love, and magic are bound and determined to find their way to their shared dream of a future -- and family.

Blood and Fire

The trace continued from there to the edge of the city, and then turned onto a road leading out into the countryside, going north.


At that point Harun halted. If Kelwyn had been held within the city’s limits, Harun was confident he could mount a rescue and still catch up with the others of the Queen’s Own on their way south. But the carriage had better than half a day’s lead on him, and while he was certain he could catch up with it eventually, he didn’t know how long it would take. They might use a horse-changing station, which would mean the carriage wouldn’t have to stop, while Harun definitely would require at least a little bit of rest. It might take days to make up the distance between them.


So he halted at the last post station at the edge of town, much to the surprise of the postmaster there, and dictated a message to be sent to the Tower, and from thence on to the party already making their way south. He would not be coming, they would have to do without him.


Chapter 11