First-year Border Patrol officers Rhys Davis and Liam Malone have been friends since second grade. When their new assignment puts them on the front line in tracking down a vicious and inhuman killer, an unearthly Soul-Eater, along the southern border, they must call on every resource at their disposal.<br><br>The most potent of these resources turns out to be memories they share from two thousand years ago, a time in the British Isles when they were partners in every way, forming an eternal bond that allowed them to defeat this same enemy in that lifetime.<br><br>Now, Rhys and Liam can't help but wonder...will crossing the line from friends to lovers in this lifetime destroy their friendship or build on it?

Borders and Shadows

The young Navajo shook his head as he examined the body briefly, with an obvious effort to subdue his distaste and discomfort. &ldquo;Tchindi,&rdquo; he muttered. &ldquo;I can smell &lsquo;em. A really bad tchindilike a dead skinwalker&rdquo; After he climbed on behind Rhys, they drove back to the site. There was really nothing to mark the small flat as a crime scene—no blood, no tracks, not even a stone or a dry leaf that looked disturbed.


The CSI expert opined the woman had probably not been killed there. Liam and Rhys had agreed to say they&rsquo;d just found the body, no hint of what had happened to her. They might have to say more later, but for now that seemed the safest approach. They&rsquo;d tell Billy more, of course, but not in the presence of the others.


Chapter 5