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

::Calm down. He would have been feeling up a woman, not the real me. Okay?::


::Yeah, okay. But he’d better be…Hell, never mind.::


Gideon smiled to himself, surprisingly happy that Edan seemed to be jealous, which was stupid on both their parts but still…::All right, let’s split up and find Vicario, and hope he’s here already.::


::He’d better be. My nerves won’t handle a long wait. Just kidding, I’m fine.::


::I know you are,:: Gideon replied before he walked toward the room where high-stakes poker games were in progress


Chapter 35