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

“I shouldn’t have snapped at you. I’m sorry.”


They slept and dreamed of wolves and winged monsters.


“Henry. Hey, Henry, wake up. Listen to this.”


Henry woke up at Jamey’s touch, still tired and stiff. He looked at Jamey groggily as he pushed himself up from their nest of pillows and cushions. Jamey sat beside him, holding newspapers. The light in the lounge was turning from grey to yellow. Sunlight was creeping in through the blinds.


“I woke and couldn’t go back to sleep and I found this on the table over there. Listen. This is in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Cherokee Road Mystery Fire Consumes Church, House. Saturday’s fire that burned down a church, and the house next door on Cherokee Road, seems to have no known origin…Well?”


“Well, what?” Henry asked, wishing he could take a shower, God, he was hungry. Of course Jamey couldn’t sleep.


“It’s like it’s not happening, like we don’t exist,” Jamey said, scowling.


Chapter 76