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 older vampire began circling around to the side, putting Harun between the two of them. Despite the danger of being so bracketed, Harun was glad enough to have them where he could attack Lucretious without hitting Kelwyn. He turned toward Lucretious slightly, but he didn’t let Kelwyn out of his sight. If he lunged for the vampire he wanted, the other was likely to grab him. They would both be faster and stronger than he was, and the sword might not take Lucretious out immediately. He needed to stay on the defensive and hope some distraction turned up, or some other opportunity presented itself.


He cursed himself again for not going back to get help. He shouldn’t have come out here alone. He hadn’t really thought the “vampiric thrall” thing through to realize he’d be outnumbered.


Chapter 42