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 walked in the middle of the empty street behind Dr. M and Ronan, Jamey and Gracie, flickering in and out of camouflage mode for sight and sound. Henry could smell Jamey’s irritation, and he knew Jamey was purposefully not looking back. At least Jamey’s sprained ankle was finally better.


Dr. M and Ronan walked side by side in the middle of the group, occasionally looking back to be sure Henry was still there; he flickered out of camo when they did. Dr. M’s staff tapped on the pavement as she walked. Not to worry, she had told him: the glamour mutes sounds, too, like your camouflage. He asked last night why she didn’t have a wand—like they did in Harry Potter. Rowling made thatup, she had said. Well, not so much made it up, as she pulled it out of a lot of the old stories. Some witches had wands, some had staffs, and some, neither. Gracie, for example, carried a wand, Ronan, neither wand nor staff. He said his hands were enough.


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