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

Strength, as wolf, as human. Recuperative powers, self-healing. A body temperature and blood flow he could regulate and adjust to the weather. He no longer needed shoes for warmth or to protect his feet. Chocolate was not good for him. He would have to be careful with caffeine.


Henry remembered how to speak with ravens. The sounds sank into his brain, into his cells, finding ancient memories of werewolves, human and wolf, and companion ravens calling to each other. Sounds gradually became words, a common tongue for werewolf and raven, a language taught by a tall bright being, an old god.


She whispered to him that she had wanted to live among the mundanes. She wanted to be accepted. She wanted to be normal. Mundanes had so much more; they weren’t afraid all the time. They didn’t live in the shadows. She had wanted Henry to be a mundane like his father. She had made Henry forget what he was, who he was.


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