Thomas Durling escaped his small-town upbringing for over ten years, until a single phone call drew him back. Told his mother has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, he returns to the small northern Michigan town he once called home to find a mute stranger taking care of her in his stead.<br><br>On the surface, Andre seems harmless enough, but Thomas has enough problems trying to deal with his mother’s illness. He doesn’t need a gorgeous young man to distract him, especially in a town that drove him away once already with its homophobia.<br><br>But Andre has nowhere else to go. A wolf without a pack, he’s been on the run since witnessing his father’s murder, always looking over his shoulder, never looking ahead. Taking care of Thomas’s mother has given him a welcome sanctuary, as well as a place he can call home for a couple months. He wants to stay, but more importantly, he wants to help, even if Thomas isn’t ready to accept that they could actually be friends ...

Moon-Touched

Was all of this his fault? Because he’d taken away her last piece of order just because he was too much of a coward to be a gay man in a tiny northern Michigan town?


His mind had a few of its own tricks after all.


Like robbing him of sleep when he needed it most. Let the punishment fit the crime.


When the pipes groaned behind the wall, he stared at it like he had X-ray vision and could see them through the plaster. Someone was running water. The sound didn’t go away, either, which meant the tap was still running.


He pushed the sweaty sheet out of the way and stood. Mom didn’t have a lock on her door, but if she was getting up in the middle of the night and wandering around, they would have to change that. Her safety was the top priority.


Chapter 10