After his boyfriend Jonah Wright defeats the alien queen attacking their hometown, Sean Cross thinks everything is solved and things will go back to normal. But normal no longer exists. Jonah and his other friends look and act too good to be true.<br><br>Sean's suspicions grow after his search for a boy who stayed in Jonah's house, Ryan Godfrey, turns up nothing. It’s as if Ryan no longer exists. Can Sean save his boyfriend, or will he lose Jonah forever? And perhaps the most important question is -- did the alien queen really die?

It Never Left

Jonah grasped the doorknob a bit too harshly. He struggled to calm himself down, breathed slower, and in the process a funny feeling flooded through him. It was as if he recognized this feeling of panic, of always having fear inside of him. Still it puzzled him. His life wasn’t what he’d call a sad, unfulfilled one. He had parents who loved him and were willing to do anything for his sake. His mom was always home, making sure Jonah wasn’t deprived of anything, cooking him anything he asked for, especially that meatloaf with cinnamon sauce, his favorite. Jonah’s dad, despite the fact that he was sometimes too busy with his work, always managed to spare his son some time at the weekends simply to play some games on the computer.


At least, that was what Jonah knew of his life until now. Until these strange hunches started to break down the walls in his heart and make him think that things with his family were not right.


Chapter 4