Could you handle living forever, knowing you would watch your friends grow old and die?<br><br>Marco Sartori d’Argenzio and his partner Danilo Rosati have created a family and settled in the Duchy of Aragoni, but they still face the challenge of Marco’s family’s legacy: Marco may live forever, but Dani will not; unless the secret of Marco’s unique DNA is found.<br><br>Marco and Dani are focused on their children and the future, not expecting the past to mar their happiness. A very real threat materializes in a bomb attack and brings with it a twist of fate: the incredible possibility of the future they dream of -- living together forever. But it also brings the specter of danger to hang over the entire d’Argenzio clan, and Marco and Dani will do everything they can to protect their family.

Prognosis: Forever

“I can certainly understand why,” Maria said.


Angelina and her grandmother came back into the living room. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but I became so excited about meeting my grandmother that I forgot to see about lunch.”


“It’s been handled,” the Duke said. “In anticipation of this visit, I gave the cook her instructions earlier today.”


“Thank you,” she said. “I’ve been learning that I have half-sisters, aunts, nieces and nephews, and it’s a bit overwhelming for someone who grew up thinking she had no family at all.”


“You have your paternal grandparents,” the Duke said.


“I know, but somehow it’s just not the same, and I can’t wait to go to Calabria and meet some of them.”


“Angelina,” the Duke said, “I’ve been away from the Council for almost a month already. I am not at all certain that I can take another trip right now.”


“Can’t Marco stand in for you a little longer? You told me he was doing a wonderful job.”


Chapter 32