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

“Damn straight. You know, I kind of miss the fact that we no longer have the privacy we once had.”


We took a van to the airport on Friday, stopping by Gert’s condo to pick her up. When we got to the hangar, we allowed all three boys to walk on their own two legs, with restraints. Gert got a kick out of that.


“God,” she said, “this brings back memories. When my two were little, I used a harness and leash to control them in public, but I didn’t know anyone still did that.”


“When there are three of them all pulling in different directions,” Marco said, “it’s the only way to maintain control.”


“They’re so cute, and with that olive complexion and black hair, they look just like you.”


Sal returned from handing two bags—one for Gert and one for the kids; we maintained a small wardrobe in Siena just as we did in Conti—into the jet and said, “The pilot is ready when you are, ConteMarco.”


Chapter 111