Colosseum University: Thorwald Crest Series by Flynn Eire

Major Ensele would do anything for Diego, his friend, crest leader, and savior… Even deal with his lover’s digs and insults that hurt their longstanding relationship. Protecting and serving his crest is what gets him out of bed in the morning as they are his family, which means everything to him as an orphan ward to the kelpie royal court. Brysen Thorwald fell for Major years ago, the sexy kelpie always in front of him and never within reach... moreMajor Ensele would do anything for Diego, his friend, crest leader, and savior… Even deal with his lover’s digs and insults that hurt their longstanding relationship. Protecting and serving his crest is what gets him out of bed in the morning as they are his family, which means everything to him as an orphan ward to the kelpie royal court. Brysen Thorwald fell for Major years ago, the sexy kelpie always in front of him and never within reach. A blown-up misinterpretation makes ever being with him a pipe dream. But with the never-ending stress of secretly combining crests and opening companies right under everyone’s noses, sometimes that dream is all that keeps Brysen going. But when they finally take the chance to move forward, to do what’s best for the crest and maybe each other, the day Major has dreaded for years looms over them. Will Brysen risk everything they’ve been building to rescue Major from the horrors of fairy court or does he have to stand by and watch the man he loves be abused? less

Foster Taher went through something horrific that led to a torturous year he couldn’t escape. A banshee who found his scream—and thus abandoned by everyone and everything he knew—has nowhere to turn to, and he never forgets that or his loyalties to Diego for saving him. Pierce Maddos has been looking for his best friend and first love for years, running into dead end after dead end in his search... moreFoster Taher went through something horrific that led to a torturous year he couldn’t escape. A banshee who found his scream—and thus abandoned by everyone and everything he knew—has nowhere to turn to, and he never forgets that or his loyalties to Diego for saving him. Pierce Maddos has been looking for his best friend and first love for years, running into dead end after dead end in his search. A fire demon who lost himself when his parents transferred him to a new school to keep him from the one he loved, he finally pulled himself together when his team brought him in, always with the goal to fold into Diego’s crest. But when the two meet again years later and have different accounts of what happened the last time they saw each other, the whole crest is thrown into turmoil. And while Foster wants nothing more than to put Pierce and the past behind him, he can’t help but ask the question on his mind… What if he was wrong? less