Garner working as a waiter at an upscale restaurant with a growing attraction to a man named Alonzo, who always asks to be put in his section for dinner. One night after work, the man is assaulted while trailing Garner. Garner goes to his aid, but is shot for his trouble.<br><br>Taking time off from work to recover, Garner is resting on a park bench when Alonzo suddenly appears at the other end of the bench. Garner never saw him approach. He asks why Alonzo is trailing him.<br><br>After some hesitation, Alonzo explains he wants to recruit Garner to help fight against others who systematically hunt people like himself. Garner isn’t inclined to get involved in anything dangerous, but he does finds Alonzo more and more attractive, so he agrees to consider the idea. As he learns more about Alonzo’s bizarre and dangerous subculture, what Garner really wants to know is whether Alonzo is romantically interested in him at all.

Call to Love

“What the hell isall this anyway?” he shouted. “What are you doing?”


“You need to calm down,” Cory said quietly but firmly. “You don’t understand.”


Garner walked right up to the monitor that showed the prone figure out in the street. He pointed at it. “You’ve killed that guy.”


“No, we didn’t.” Cory’s voice was calm and certain.


“What?” Garner’s mind reeled. “What are you talking about?”


Garner, who was still confused, didn’t at all like being told he should anything right now. Moreover, Cory’s face held a smirk.


For a second confusion and outrage combined to make Garner speechless. On the one hand, there was a need inside to dosomething, something physical. Like pulling down those banks of equipment for example. Or pulling these people apart. That, it seemed to him, would be a good start.


Chapter 20