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

The rest of the hour-long drive north on 95 to Fredericksburg might as well have been in Antarctica.


None of which helped Jamey understand quite how he felt about Henry. But he did realize when he turned off Three Chopt onto Patterson, driving in the relentless rain, that being gay was just as much a matter of the heart as it was of the body.


Maybe I’ve got the wrong heart, the wrong body. Maybe Mama is right and God is telling me that with all this rain and the lightning.


Henry jerked awake and sat up, looking wildly around the room. Prruk-prruk-prruk. A bird sounded as if it were inside somewhere. No bird. He scrambled around trying to find his watch: there, on top of the still-damp clothes he had peeled off after Jamey had dropped him off. I’m late, I’m late, I’m late.Henry grabbed a T-shirt off the floor and sniffed it—clean enough. His underwear, jeans, socks, socks—shoes, shoes, where were his shoes?


Chapter 14