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

“Where’s Gideon?” Delilah asked, looking around with a worried frown.


“Recuperating,” Edan told her, quickly adding, “He wasn’t hurt. He needs to rest and recharge.”


“What happened?” Edan asked. She nodded, at which point he told them everything that had occurred in New York, ending with, “It’s a damned good thing we were almost to the exit when the sorcerer saw me or we might be Vicario’s guests in some cell he’s got for his enemies, before he tortures and kills them.”


“Not a pleasant thought,” Braden replied.


Edan agreed. “By the way, did you move the paintings?”


“I did,” Maeve said. “That way Braden and Delilah don’t know where they are.”


“By yourself?” Edan asked in surprise.


“Marcas helped me and then I wiped his memory of them and their new hiding place. Don’t worry, we were very careful that no one saw us or them.”


“Now if we could wipe your memory,” Edan teased.


“Then they’d be lost forever, which would be a shame,” she retorted.


Chapter 36