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

“Jamey, I’m sorry, I’m sorry for everything. I need to go and run and I’m sorry.”


“‘Kay? Go run?” Jamey asked, clearly not awake, his words seemingly coming from far away


“Go back to sleep; I won’t be gone long,” Henry said and waited until Jamey’s breathing had slowed back down and whatever wakeful tension there had been had dissolved into the darkness. He stroked that bright red hair, the color invisible in the dark, with just the tips of his fingers, then quickly pulled on his jeans and T-shirt.


“I have to go run as a wolf, Jamey. Maybe down to the river—and they know my human smell, but not the wolf. I gotta go—I have to shift; I have to change,” Henry said softly, his voice barely audible, the faintest of whispers.


He ran up the stairs, wishing Jamey were going with him, that Jamey would be there at the back door, waiting for him, but he couldn’t ask, not yet. He couldn’t risk Jamey saying again no, go away, it was too soon, he hadn’t asked for this.


Chapter 38