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

That turned out to be a small parking lot about a quarter mile from the Lookout. They all got out of the car, and then she took Gideon and Edan’s hands. “Gura math a thèid leat!”


Gideon understood what she’d said but he wasn’t certain Edan had, so he started to translate. “That means…”


“I wish you good luck, in Gaelic,” Edan said before Gideon could tell him. “I’ve known Maeve for longer than either she or I probably want to think about. She says that to me every time I take off to deal with a vampire who needs my special attention.”


She smiled. “So I’m being repetitious?”


“Not at all. You’re saying what’s in your heart. I appreciate it more than you know.”


Nodding, she kissed their cheeks then said, “Go. Save the world, or at least Braden’s life.”


Chapter 31