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

When Perry turned his chilling smile toward her, though, he was ready to attack again. “That’s what I’m counting on, ma’am. Good dogs always find their way back.”


“Not when they’re on the run, they don’t.” At least he understood why Andre had been so skittish about Thomas’s proposal, and why he never settled down. He just wished Andre had trusted him enough to tell him the truth from the start.


“Except he thinks he’s safe.” He sniffed pointedly at the air. “Andre’s a mongrel for a whole host of reasons, but I don’t think even he would leave his mate behind.”


“Mate. Well, you probably think of it as lover or partner or whatever gay word whitewashes it for you, but you’re still his mate.”


Chapter 45