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

&ldquo;Are you sure? Can we do this? Do we want to do this?&rdquo;


Liam smiled. &ldquo;Hell, yes. Maybe we have to, but I wantto as well. I gotta make a confession, though. I&rsquo;ve done this a time or two before when we were in college and once in Iraq. I wanted to be with you, but I didn&rsquo;t think you felt that way about me. I couldn&rsquo;t jeopardize our friendship for lust, no matter how much I wanted it.&rdquo;


&ldquo;Oh, gods…&rdquo; Rhys almost choked on the words. &ldquo;You never even hinted, and all that time I was dying. Like when you were dating Sandra our junior year, when I tore the muscle in my thigh and had to quit the basketball team and you&rsquo;d be off traveling with them. In Iraq, you always teamed up with Deanna and Joe. Damn it, man, why did we waste so much time?&rdquo;


Chapter 16