PHANTOM AND ROOK IBD

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'Then I will love you with everything I have, right here, right now, and I will be here when you return.' Arlo promises, like itâÇÖs a given. I close my eyes, and he shakes me again until I open them. 'I will not forget you again. I promise.''You canâÇÖt promise that,' I cry, staring deep into twin pools of simmering gold. 'YouâÇÖve forgotten me once. Everyone does. ItâÇÖs ... a side effect. ItâÇÖs something IâÇÖve been fine with until I met you.'He smiles, wet and breaking and brilliant. 'IâÇÖm pretty great, arenâÇÖt I?'--Arlo Rook has decided itâÇÖs time to move out of Garren Castle, home for orphans of all races, magical or not, at 100 years old.ItâÇÖs not the first time heâÇÖs left home, but after a setback that landed the Hedge Witch in the hospital a year ago, he ended up right back at square one. But now heâÇÖs ready to strike out on his own, despite his friendâÇÖs worries that heâÇÖs not ready for the âÇÖreal world.âÇÖThen, he crashes into a mess of copper curls and bright eyes, sending apothecary goods and his life into a chaotic mess. Thatch is a mysterious and incredibly wealthy benefactor of Levena, only spoken of but never seen. He requests a night of ArloâÇÖs company and a tour of the city, which Arlo immediately declines.But thatâÇÖs not the last time they see each other, and it certainly wasnâÇÖt the first. Arlo doesnâÇÖt remember him,áno oneáremembers Thatch after he visits, but Thatch never forgot the Witch with a familiar mark on his face.Thatch Phantom is an immortal, the last of his kind and perpetually bored. When heâÇÖs not closing inter-dimensional rifts and corralling demons, heâÇÖs visiting his favorite city of all, Levena.áCenturies ago, when life was particularly dull, he set up a scavenger hunt for a starving village, providing them with a yearâÇÖs worth of supplies.He anonymously returned year after year, upping the ante and providing less practical things, as the village had become a city and was wealthy beyond belief. Festivals were thrown in his honor, and have continued every year since. Hundreds of years later, The Game is still put on by the fabled âÇÖScarlet IllusionistâÇÖ, but no one has figured out who blesses them with the puzzles.Once again, Thatch is listless and has decided to throw a wild card into this yearâÇÖs Game. Whoever discovers him will wináoneáwish of their choice, no restrictions. Aside from the obvious, such as no falling in love, murder or resurrection.What heádidnâÇÖtáanticipate was crashing into the one person whose soul mark flares like a beacon when Thatch is around, teasing the immortal with the one thing he wants most.Someone to call home.What follows is a wild chain of events filled with magical coffee shops, villains with vendettas against cheese makers, moving tattoos, grand puzzles, and second chances at love, and life.