Querteshan guardsman Jamal Fayed is on a routine patrol through the desert area known as the Burning when they discover an injured and unconscious man who looks to be from a nearby country, Perathea. Their two countries have a long history of animosity.<br><br>When Nev ran from his master, he was fleeing for his life and any outcome seemed better than the death he was promised. But Nev has secrets, complicated secrets that involve both magic and his physical form. Can he build a relationship with Jamal amidst politics and military dealings?

Born Magic

Nev scraped himself off the ground and walked back to his quarters. He wouldn’t have thought it was possible to feel both exhausted and crawling out of his skin at the same time, but that was the way he felt.


His quarters were dimly lit. He had left the curtains to the exterior windows drawn shut. In the semi-darkness, he padded into the bathroom and started the water running. Stripping out of his dusty, sweaty clothes, including the folded length of fabric in his undergarment that was saturated with dark blood, he looked in the mirror.


Chapter 22