All the world changed in a single moment. Lives were ended, and even more lives disrupted. For magic had come back into the world, destroying all modern technology in an instant. And with the magic came elves, dragons, were-folk ... and vampires.<br><br>Thomas is one of these, and one of the oldest, for he was there when the world changed. He has been alone for a long time. When a chance encounter leads him to Justin and Ian, a mated pair of werewolves, he finds that he may not need to be alone any more.<br><br>Justin, ever-curious, asks Thomas about the day the magic returned, and Thomas shares two stories from his past, describing the confusion and horror of the old wold's destruction, but also sharing the blossoming relationship he found amid the chaos.

The Magic Returns

Movement on the road drew Thomas’ eye, and he saw the distant figure of a person on a mountain bike approaching. It was almost certainly Brad, back from a scouting trip down to the city to see what information he could gather. Thomas stayed on the alert, though, until the distant biker grew close enough for Thomas to make out his face. It was indeed Brad. Thomas swung down from his branch and climbed the series of spikes driven into the tree trunk to make it possible to get to the lower branches, since they began a good twenty feet in the air.


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