Second to the Right (The Neverland Chronicles, #1)

by T.S. Kinley

“Don’t you know that nothing lasts forever, no matter how hard you wish it to be so?”

“But you could be my ‘nothing’ if you wanted?”

I think it was Aristotle who said ‘He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.’

But, if I was away, that would mean this was real. Was I ready to believe that? The truth was, I was getting closer. I wanted to believe.

“Shall I cross the veil and kill him for you?” his face was absolutely serious, “Then we can forget all about him.”

“We have time. I won’t rush things with you. I plan to draw this out. Savor every step along the way… then maybe you’ll stay.”

“I want you. I don’t care anymore if you break me when you leave. I’d rather be a broken man who took his chance at real love rather than a foolish man that turned his back on it.”

I’ll have to find the strength to hold it together until the end of eternity. Maybe we could meet there, in the end, and pick up where we left off.”