When half-elf Gideon's elf brother Braden runs afoul of a powerful old vampire, Gideon steps in to help him, suggesting it might be a good idea to recruit a dhampir. Reluctantly, because the only one he knows enjoys flirting with his lover, the witch Delilah, Braden agrees. Thus sexy Edan joins the team, and immediately sets his sights on Gideon.<br><br>Vampire Vicario lives in New Orleans, so the team heads down there, staying at a B&B owned by another witch, Maeve. She agrees to help them, and together they come up with a plan to destroy Vicario. A plan complicated by the fact Vicario's tame sorcerer can see dhampir when they're invisible, thus potentially making it impossible for Edan to take Vicario's head.<br><br>To succeed in saving Braden will require all their combined skills. At the same time, Gideon is facing a personal battle: how to deal with his growing attraction to Edan. The sex is great, but there is more to a relationship than that, as he well knows. Can the two of them move beyond the physical -- if they survive the conflict with Vicario -- or will their differences tear them apart?

The Half-Elf and the Dhampir

“Oh, yes. It seems he loved her, so he didn’t hide it. She loved him, too, until the day he decided to eliminate me.” He flashed a rueful smile. “He was my first kill. After that I did what I was destined to do until the ‘great awakening’ as a friend of mine calls it.”


“Yep. Since then I only go after the bad ones, like Vicario. I’ll admit I was more than surprised to discover there are a lot more good vampires than bad, so I guess something worthwhile came out of humans accepting us for what we are.”


“It sure made it easier to live among them without fearing for our lives, or them fearing for theirs,” Gideon said.


Chapter 16