Could you handle living forever, knowing you would watch your friends grow old and die?<br><br>These are questions newly minted Doctor Marco Sartori d’Argenzio must face when he and his partner Danilo Rosati celebrate Marco’s completed residency and Danilo’s most recent PhD with a vacation at Marco’s father’s home in the Duchy of Aragoni. There Marco learns about his family’s legacy: his father is more than two thousand years old, and he can expect to live just as long.<br><br>Marco inherits his uncle’s title amidst adventure and danger, but it breaks his heart to realize that he’ll live only to see the man he’s loved for a decade grow old and die. However, there is hope: Danilo is studying the unique DNA of Marco’s family in hops of discovering the secret -- because Danilo has no intention of leaving Marco alone for what could be forever.

The Path to Forever

“Hi, babe, what’s up?” I said, noting the name in the display.


“I’ve got something to show you.”


“Babe, I’ve seen it before, but I’ll be home for a closer inspection as fast as I can.”


“Not that, fool. As soon as you wrap things up, come down to the autopsy suite.”


“Okay, give me a few minutes to sign out and change.”


“Don’t take off your scrubs, just come on down.”


I signed off my shift and headed for the elevators. When I entered the autopsy suite, I found a visibly excited Dani waiting for me.


“What’s up?” I said. “And why do you look as though you’ve been rolling in dust all day?”


“A—there’s someone I want you to meet; and B—I’ve been in several dusty storerooms trying to track down some old medical records.”


Chapter 4