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

So sleep, sleep, let thy flame be banked low,


For my love shall guard thee in this life below.


Sleep, sleep, through the dark of the night,


‘Til thy flame may return to thy world of pure light.


“It’s beautiful,” said Kelwyn softly. “You’re beautiful. I wish you would sing more.”


Now it was Harun’s turn to sigh in the darkness. “I will try. Music brings back such memories, though. I used to sing this to my little brother, on nights when my mother was too tired and he wouldn’t sleep. Remembering them is…hard. I hadn’t truly consciously meant to start singing. It was only some bit of old habit, I suppose, trying to soothe someone to sleep.”


Chapter 61