Wizard Buys A Hat (джен)

The boy was slumped akimbo on the floor, tied so tight to one of the table legs that he scarcely could have sat up straight if he tried, a rough cloth gag stopping his mouth. His eyes flickered up to Leander, anxious and bleary with sick dread — not surprise. Only when Leander stepped forward and let the door close behind him did he twitch away, chin to his chest, fear making him draw his legs back, curl his helpless hands.
It was obvious what he was there for.
The protection ritual required rather a lot of blood.
Leander sighed. What a mess he'd gotten himself into.
Leander, a rebellious old wizard down on his luck, finds himself working with an unpleasant little cult on an escape spell.
Jack, stuck in debt to his pimp with no way out, finds himself tied up in a cult's storeroom to be sacrificed.
They rescue each other.