[The Owl-Bearers 02] • Night in My Veins

Remy and I are owl-bearers. With the help of our owls, we're able to sing down the dead. I'd always thought I was the only one, until Remy came to town on the run. As soon as we met, the sparks flew.

But then Remy was captured. And his magic has been poisoned by a ghost that he ...Jesus, I don't want to talk about it. I hate his guts even though I still want him, body and soul.

I'm trying to rescue him, with the help of my owl, Zoe, and our friend Marcus, our logistics man.

But the people who captured Remy ... they killed his family in a house fire. Burned his loved ones to death. How do you do something like that? They want some magical talisman of his mother's that evidently escaped the fire. So I'm out here, trying to find the thing, while I'm trying to find a way to free Remy -though after his episode with Ms. Sexy Ghost, I'm half-inclined to leave him in their clutches.

Before he kicked me to the curb, Remy said he didn't want those people to find me. He kept telling me to get out of town, don't let them get you. Remy's owl says they have a purpose in mind for me if they can get me. I don't know what it is.I hope the hell I don't find out.

But I can't just hide. Their other plans, if they unleash them, are going to be catastrophic. Have you seen those dementors in Harry Potter? it's kind of on that level. Apparently only an owl-bearer has the specific powers needed to stop these bastards dead. That's me.

NIGHT IN MY VEINS is a PNR for mature audiences 18 and up. Don't tell my mama I wrote this.