The Stand-in
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The Stand-In
Some people spend their entire lives searching for love.
Rune Hale spent his loving only one person.
From scraped knees and childish promises to quiet glances that lingered a second too long, he grew up with Zale Pierce by his side. He loved him in silence, celebrated his happiness from the shadows, and buried every hope that dared to bloom inside his heart.
Loving Zale was never supposed to hurt.
Until Zale fell in love with someone else.
When the love of Zale's life suddenly vanishes without a trace, he is left with nothing but a cryptic goodbye, unanswered questions, and a heart full of grief. Then, on the very same day, fate delivers another cruel blow-his family announces that he will marry Rune.
To Zale, it isn't a coincidence.
It's betrayal.
The childhood friend who had always stood quietly beside him suddenly becomes the man he blames for everything he has lost.
His love.
His future.
His happiness.
And the life that should have belonged to someone else.
Bound together by a marriage neither of them chose, Rune soon learns that sharing a home with the man he's loved for years is far more painful than loving him from afar. In Zale's eyes, he is never Rune.
He is a substitute.
A replacement.
A stand-in for a love that refuses to fade.
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