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

Jamey’s typewriter sat in the middle of his desk, flanked on either side by his books, notebooks, and binders. Franklin had teased him that he was too neat. Jamey wondered what Henry would say about his bedroom, if he ever got the chance to share it with him. I want to show him my room. I love him. I love him.


“I love you, Henry,” Jamey said out loud.


Orange pushed his head into Jamey’s chest. Purring loudly, he dropped down and started kneading Jamey’s stomach. “I missed you, too, big guy,” he whispered.


I love him, I love him. “I love him, I love him.”


There, he had said out it out loud a second time, even if there was no one there to hear it but him and Orange. If only Henry had been able to hear it. He wished Henry was near enough that he could reach out and touch him. He didn’t think he was brave enough to say I love Henryout loud one more time in front of all these people.


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