Wherefore Love's Shadow‪?‬

He wasn’t asking for the great love, the grande affair, the unforgettable one or the lightning bolt of love at first sight. He yearned for the real thing and if it didn't come his way, then at least someone to walk joyfully and contentedly beside him on a sunlit path to happiness. Surely that wasn’t asking the universe for too much?

He finds the one and an immense dilemma. She has to become an accomplice in his dangerous mission and by deceiving her, he risks losing what he has searched for. Together they embark on a terrifying journey, all the while guided by a poem’s prediction. All is well, or nearly so as the lovers share the reward. All the threads come together in a dramatic ending.