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    Love, Eternal
    Love, Eternal
    Love, Eternal
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    Love, Eternal

    By Wayne Mansfield

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    Evan is a man lost in the modern world. He has a job, a house, and a best friend, Claire, who lives just across a small patch of lawn from him. He also has a hole in his soul he hadn't even realized was there until one night he meets a mysterious stranger, lurking in the shadows of a tree-lined lane where men meet for anonymous, casual sex. There’s something striking and a little terrifying about this stranger, who visits his house one night while he’s blissfully sleeping.

    Evan's initial intrigue is soon compounded when he learns they’ve met before. A long, long time ago, and they used to be lovers. He finds it difficult to believe the devilishly handsome stranger’s tale of romance and loss, yet the stranger is finally able to convince Evan every word is true. The love they once shared reawakens and their nights are filled with a passion which hasn’t abated over the centuries.

    Soon it becomes clear they’re in danger of being parted once again, possibly for the rest of eternity. Neither wants to lose their soul mate a second time. But Evan’s lover is reluctant to give him the very thing he needs to ensure they remain together forever more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateMay 11, 2014
    ISBN9781611525403
    Love, Eternal
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    Wayne Mansfield

    Wayne Mansfield is a Western Australian writer. He has been writing for nine years and has been published in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Additionally, he wrote a monthly erotic story for the German publications Macho and Dreamboys for two years. His novellas and stories usually have a horror, futuristic, or fantasy theme, although he does write contemporary stories such as The Hiding Place, which received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Rainbow Awards.

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      Love, Eternal - Wayne Mansfield

      Love, Eternal

      By Wayne Mansfield

      Published by JMS Books LLC

      Visit jms-books.com for more information.

      Copyright 2014 Wayne Mansfield

      ISBN 9781611525403

      Cover Design: Written Ink Designs | written-ink.com

      Image(s) used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      All rights reserved.

      WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.

      This book is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It may contain sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which might be considered offensive by some readers. Please store your files where they cannot be accessed by minors.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America.

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      Love, Eternal

      By Wayne Mansfield

      Evan was fond of walking the streets at night. He'd never felt part of the daytime world; it was confusing, chaotic, and violent. Nor did he understand people, their selfishness and the cruel, thoughtless things they did. The night offered him solitude. The darkness was a veil which protected him from life. With the stars overhead to protect him and the moon to guide him he could walk forever, and some nights he did. Yet it didn’t matter where he wandered he always seemed to end up at The Lane.

      The Lane was a narrow stretch of bitumen bordered on one side by the high, ivy-covered walls of the well-to-do who lived in the great houses on the other side, and on the other by a row of Morton Bay Fig trees, whose tentacle-like roots looked almost alive in the half-light of the street lamps filtering down through the sprawling canopy. Hidden amongst these great monsters, in the shadows, were men whose lustful desires had drawn them there. At the slightest sound a dozen heads would peer around the great trunks, inspecting, assessing, and only if the approaching stranger was sexually appealing would anyone show themselves. Yet despite having walked this path many times, Evan rarely partook of the flesh on offer.

      One night, as spring teetered on the edge of summer, Evan found himself at a loose end. Almost automatically he grabbed his keys and walked into the night. Dressed only in a simple cotton T-shirt and denim jeans he went down the narrow path that divided his front lawn exactly in half and out to the footpath. His eyes stayed on his feet and on the cracked slabs of the pavement. On both sides of him there were houses shrouded in darkness, or with living rooms illuminated by the flickering blue light of a

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