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

It took too long to arrive. He shivered with cold when he finally fumbled with his jeans, his fingers trembling as he rolled his clothes up into a bundle around his shoes and lodged them into the crook of two low-hanging branches. All he could think was how nice it would be to curl into Thomas’s side to warm up, the smell of his musky skin more soothing than any transformation could be.


He shook himself hard to snap the spell. He came out to get his head straight, not muddle it further with desires he wasn’t even sure he should—could—act on.


Chapter 22