Heldon Flay had one job to do: negotiate with the nearby vampire coven and save his home. He just had to rise to the occasion. 

It was easy going until a rugged, sun-kissed mystery man met him under a maple tree and disarmed him with his charm and wit. He just had to fall head-over-heels. 

When danger comes in the form of werewolves, vampires, and prophecies, how can Heldon and Tival save everyone and save their fragile, yearning love? 

The two will face many challenges during this journey that will threaten their lives and relationship. Will Helon and Tival get through it together?

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"Inside I can protect you, but only if you stay close to me. We have visitors from another coven." Tival's warm breath tickled Heldon's ear. The fragrance of sandalwood, earth, and fresh rain pulled Heldon in.

All he had to do was tilt his jaw up and his lips would meet Tival's neck and…

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To Pine for Pink Opals

The wicked blade now inched closer to Tival’s neck and if it hit him…


If that blade bit into the neck of the man he just got down on one knee for… if he fell here….


Heldon’s mind and heart wrenched and shredded themselves into tatters. 


He tried to see a future where he stopped the vampires on his own, where he went back to Waltham with a riderless Blaze in tow. His mind defaulted to static imagining himself putting lilies on an elegant headstone while standing alone facing the sunset. He’d be wearing an opal ring while holding an emerald one that would be worn again.


The warm, amber feeling of safety would vanish, never to be enjoyed again. He’d never find anyone else who he trusted with taking care of him but not control him. Tival protected him without trying to possess him like a trophy or a treasure.


Heldon had stumbled upon a once-in-a-lifetime chance at love when he stepped under that maple tree and said the two words ‘envoy Acera’ without realizing it at the time.


Chapter 44: The Dead