[The Exile 02] • CarvedMemory.PDF

His immortality is a double-edged sword of ultimate pleasure and blinding regret...

Because of his betrayal of Phineas, one of the island Ancients, Alonzo was exiled from Mannos and the Brotherhood of the Midnight Pearl. After a century, he has learned to survive in alienation, serving as an acquisitor to the Brotherhood.

Angel-Boy, a young man Alonzo rescued from the streets five years earlier, unearths an item originally fashioned on Mannos. Although the carved figurehead ushers in painful, bittersweet memories to Alonzo, he must possess it. Yet Angel-Boy wants only one thing in exchange for the valuable item...

A single night in Alonzo’s bed.

It surprises and excites Alonzo that the young man’s eagerness and unlearned prowess rivals any receiver skilled in the erotic arts on Mannos. But Alonzo has sworn he will never love another man. He’s already lost his soul, and he can’t afford to wager any more of his emotion if he is to survive this purgatory, one he must endure until Phineas forgives him for his transgressions. If that ever happens...