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

Henry shrugged. “Jamey, all my life I have felt coming moments that were special, moments I learned to pay attention to. I feel them; I feel the weight of their meaning, their importance, even if I don’t know what that importance is, or what they are going to mean.”


“Is this one of those moments?” Jamey asked. “What does it mean?”


“I think it means we jump off the cliff.”


“I just wish I wasn’t so scared—of all of it, the quest, you and me, everything.”


“I’m scared, too; I keep telling you that. Let’s go tell them they found their heroes; we’ll look for their key. And we aredoing it for ourselves, not for them, so we can have our lives back. We get this done, get the Watchers off our backs, then you can go home and they’ll be safe, if that’s what you want to do,” Henry said.


“I don’t know what I want to do. What about you?”


Chapter 40