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

Still, he paused a moment to watch Velanis work. When the magus lifted his head, Kelwyn said, “Any luck?”


Velanis sighed. “He’s warded himself. I can get a general direction and a vague sense of distance, but it’s much more imprecise than I’d like. Still, a neighborhood to start in is better than nothing. Her Majesty is rousting out the rest of her Own, and if you’re feeling up to it, having eyes in the sky while we search would be good.”


“Definitely,” said Kelwyn. “I just need to go down to the stables first.”


Velanis nodded his understanding, and Kelwyn left him there, going out the window in a long dive straight to the stable yard. The stablemaster had stopped being nervous around him some months past, and it seemed that current events hadn’t rekindled his fear, for he only smiled and directed Kelwyn to an appropriate horse.


Chapter 86