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

“I nearly got myself killed because I over-reacted to the thought of you dying. Lucretious wasn’t going to kill you again. I could have—should have—gone back to the Tower, gotten some of the others to come help me, and dealt with him properly. Hell, there are three different paladins or priests of one kind or another in the Queen’s Own, they could have dealt with him handily. Instead you almost had to kill me. I…I can’t even imagine putting such a burden on you.”


“No! This isn’t me blaming you, none of this was your fault. I let what happened last night affect me too much. I…I should know better. But I’ve been being foolish about you for ages now.” He sighed softly. “Foolish about the past. Foolish to think that I could guard my heart.”


“Do you want to tell me about it?” Kelwyn pulled back a little bit, finally, to look at Harun. Harun’s feline face was harder to read than a human’s would have been, but his expression certainly wasn’t a happy one.


Chapter 44