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

That stopped Harun for a moment. To take feline form, he’d need to strip off his clothes, and that seemed almost beyond bearing right now.


He hesitated for a long time, knowing he needed to shift, but unable to make the first move to undress. Finally, with a low growl, he called fire, enveloping himself in flame and shifting at the same time, his clothing burning and tearing from him. It was destroyed, so he was effectively cutting himself off from returning to human shape, but right now that didn’t seem like a bad thing at all.


His tail flame burned hot and high, making an audible crackling. It was an expression of an anger divided between his own weakness and Maltheus’ evil.


Chapter 87