Until the End

Takes place in the "Death's Doll" series I'm working on with StickieBun. When Eric Slingby partnered up with promising young Dispatch agent Alan Humphries, he didn't expect such an enduring friendship to grow out of it, nor did he expect to fall in love. After finding out that his partner is cursed with the Thorns of Death, he vows to share his suffering and pledge to him.