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 Aesir and the Vanir, the gods of Asgard. The twelve Olympians; the Tuatha de Danaan. Pantheons of deities in many times and many cultures.


“Zeus, Odin, Dagda. Lugh, Apollo. Epona, Macha, and Rhiannon. Kana’ti, the Great Hunter, and Selu, the Corn Woman. Enlil, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Astarte, Inanna.


“Gods we called them when they came here, beings with powers that we called divine or supernatural. They came from somewhere else. They came here to hide, to escape trouble where they had been, trouble they had caused


“They made the Pets, toys, out of the matter of this world: shapeshifters—like werewolves, selkies, swanfolk, and others—centaurs, pans, merfolk, and monsters—dragons, hydras, basilisks, gorgons. Not all lived, but many did. Many are still here, liiving hidden lives, with protective glamours they wear like second skins.


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