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 had only nodded because he had no idea what to say but he understood it was more than that. He didn’t know how to be part of a couple, how to love another person, which he knew was a perilous adventure in and of itself. He felt awkward and clumsy.


Now, in the grey-blue pre-dawn light, Henry still didn’t know what to say to Jamey. He smelled Jamey’s desire and his fear and his love. And that, Henry thought, just about summed up how things were between the two of them. Jamey had asked him out first, kissed him first, and then, after listening to his mother’s fears, embraced them and pulled away. Even though Henry knewthat Jamey’s mother was wrong, he envied Jamey having her, wanting to please her. Then Jamey had had a dream of desire and sex and they had made love in Larkin’s, and again in their bedroom in the safe house. Then he got scared again—and not just about this crazy quest.


Chapter 45