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

“Here you go,” I said. “Swallow and drink.”


“No problem. Is the other piece for you?”


“You bet. My brain is in turmoil right now as well, kind of like Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles. Remember what he said?”


“‘My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.’”


“Oh, yeah, now I do, and the other guy said something like ‘Gosh, Mr. Lamarr, you talk prettier than a twenty-dollar whore.’”


I went to the den and sent three e-mail messages; then I printed a short note to Lucia. I left the note on the kitchen table and returned to our bedroom, where I set the alarm, took my half of the pill, stripped, and crawled into bed next to Dani.


“G’night, babe,” he said sleepily. “I love you.”


The next thing I knew, I was groping for the alarm. Having silenced it, I rolled onto my side to wake up Dani, who was already wide awake and staring at me.


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