Their leap of faith could unleash magic ... or plunge them into darkness. Henry Thorn has worked at Larkin's since graduating high school. He likes it -- especially when he can use his secret skill of hiding inside shadows so his boss can't find them. Without that talent, he would never had survived growing up different. When a hire enters the store, Henry's other latent talent kicks in. He can smell an emotional response even before he lays eyes on the redhead. Jamey Currey came out, and his conservative parents promptly kicked him out. He, too, is different -- he senses Henry's attraction the moment they met. The first time they kiss, torrential rains fall from skies split by lightning. Their kiss also awakens the Watchers, diabolical hunters who will stop at nothing -- even extermination -- to keep magic suppressed. With the help of a friendly coven of friendly witches, the boys embark on a quest to discover an ancient key to restoring magic to the world, and to understand mysteries of their own hearts. The question is, will this quest cost them their lives?

The Werewolf and His Boy

“You had a year at VCU, so you might be interested in our tuition reimbursement program. All right, come in the office, let me give you the forms you need to fill out to get on payroll, your fingerprints for the background check, signatures on the privacy waivers, the usual. I think I will start you as a floater at first…”


Jamey had looked back one more time in the direction of the Garden Center. Did that guy really have pointed ears?


The kids were in bed. Danny was on the night shift at the hospital and Ella finally had some time to herself. She was reading when the alarm sounded: wind chimes, silvery, sweet, faint. She closed the book and sat very still. She hadn’t heard the alarm in how many years? Thispersona, Ella Lewis, had never heard those faint wind chimes.


Silvery, sweet, far away. A false alarm?


She would have to wait; that was protocol. But already she felt the edges of this persona start to unravel.


Chapter 3