Love Eternal by Nikki McCoy

Author:Nikki McCoy [McCoy, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay erotic romance
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group Ltd
Published: 2018-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Over the course of the next week, Dhani’s condition only worsened. He became distant, withdrawn. The day after his attempted suicide, Tailor had asked him if he’d tried to take his own life. He had smiled and denied it, not even bothering to hide the lie from his energy or come up with a cover story.

Over the following days, he continued to help build the library and engaged readily in conversation. Although his attitude wasn’t quite friendly toward his mother, he appeared to have accepted her presence and treated her cordially. He’d also warmed up to Cy and laughed occasionally at his jokes.

Everything seemed to have returned to normal, or as close to normal as they’d ever been, yet Tailor could tell his mate’s behavior was forced. All of it, down to the way his body responded when Tailor kissed him and held him at night. He was rigid and hesitant, his smiles lacked true joy and when he looked at Tailor, it felt like he was looking right through him.

Laya was convinced she was the cause of his distance. She admitted it might have been better to hold off on the truth of her mate and Dominic’s spirit for a while, but she hadn’t wanted to rekindle her relationship with Dhani on a lie. Tailor had to concede his respect for her choice. If he’d found out later she had kept Dominic’s spirit a secret, he would’ve had no trouble kicking her out.

To her credit, she didn’t let Dhani’s cool attitude deter her efforts to befriend him. Each day, she thought of new, heartfelt stories to tell him about his youth spent with her, such as the stories she used to read to him and the trouble he’d gotten into. She also told him of what she’d done with her life afterwards and how she’d thought of him every day.

Her love for her son was genuine, and her regret for abandoning him even more so. Despite the abuse Dhani had gone through as a result, Tailor was beginning to admire her. She’d done the only thing she could think of to save her son and had tracked Tailor down years later to try to save him again.

Tailor also did everything he could think of to pull his mate out of his apparent depression. He’d reassured Dhani repeatedly that Dominic’s spirit wasn’t a justification for his attraction. It was only the force that had driven Tailor to realize he could love again. Not all mates chose to bond, and some of those who did never truly fell in love, as Laya could attest to. Whenever he told Dhani this, however, Dhani would merely smile and say he understood.

It was going on day seven now and Tailor’s apprehension was bordering on full-blown panic. Dhani had given up all pretenses of normalcy and spent most of his time alone in his room. He barely spoke and ate only when Tailor reminded him to. The only deliberate action he took was going to Tailor’s bed and curling up next to him every night.

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