As above, So Below

"We made a promise. We were going to change the world." "We both were." "You're going to have to do it for both of us." Inseparable, closer than brothers, isolated from anyone else, Alexis and Noah grew up together from the age of three, with little to no help from society. The plan had been clear: college, military, public service, change the world. Noah had trusted that plan, believed in it, until five years ago... ...when Alexis suddenly left, leaving behind his best friend amid a...
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"We made a promise. We were going to change the world." "We both were." "You're going to have to do it for both of us." Inseparable, closer than brothers, isolated from anyone else, Alexis and Noah grew up together from the age of three, with little to no help from society. The plan had been clear: college, military, public service, change the world. Noah had trusted that plan, believed in it, until five years ago... ...when Alexis suddenly left, leaving behind his best friend amid a mysteriously hushed-up scandal. For five years, Noah has heard nothing from the promising, charismatic, brilliant young man he'd known. Now, Alexis works as the part-time bouncer in a run-down bar, drinking too much, smoking too much, sleeping around with anything that looks a little bit like Noah, ignoring the real thing when his old friend comes to make fancy speeches as an up-and-coming politician. If Noah wants to find out what Alexis is hiding and become a part of his life once more, he'll have to get past his biggest obstacle--not his opposition, not his insecurities, not his race, but Alexis's fierce desire to protect Noah from anything, including himself.