In the year 2184, the US is divided. Half the country has moved on with the rest of the world, while in middle America, the survivors of the terrorist biological attack that split the country struggle just to stay alive. Though a century has passed, few people brave going behind the borders meant to contain the danger. Even the privatized military is reluctant to do so.<br><br>But that doesn’t stop recently discharged Sullivan Eberle. Only one thing drives him anymore -- the need to find Raphael Hamada. He doesn’t know why. He only knows he must. If that means a lifetime behind the borders, then so be it.<br><br>Rafe Hamada ran away from the real world when he was still a kid. The last thing he wants is to be found, especially by a soldier who can’t even tell him why it was so important to locate him in the first place. He’d like nothing more than for Sullivan to leave, but turning his back on a man alone and friendless is against everything Rafe stands for ...

Penny Candles

Sullivan broke from the caress first and tugged at Rafe’s hips. Rafe complied, his heart racing in excitement, but he wondered what Sullivan’s motivation was. Was he doing this for Rafe or for himself? Though Rafe was all about reciprocation, he didn’t want Sullivan to feel obligated. This wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea. Sullivan hadn’t escaped one stringent life for another. This was one pattern Rafe would refuse to duplicate.


His protests died on his tongue when Sullivan grasped his ass cheeks and pried them apart. Hot breath fanned across his clenching opening, followed by a broad wet sweep. Rafe grabbed onto the wall for balance. His legs were already threatening to give out on him. If he wasn’t careful, he’d come before Sullivan ever got inside him.


Chapter 38