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

Liam shrugged. &ldquo;Will we ever be? I just don&rsquo;t want anyone else to die. Our monster may not be here solely because of us, but it wants us. With that dead drug kingpin as part of the mix now, it just wants to kill. Anybody. Everybody, especially Americans, law enforcement people on both sides and maybe relatives of any Mexicans who opposed him. The soul-eater lurking inside the ghost, or whatever it is, is feeding off the victims. He gets stronger with each one, so he doesn&rsquo;t care. He&rsquo;ll give Alamodovar free rein so long as he can suck up the life energies of each person they kill. But he wants us, both of us, together. He said so.&rdquo;


Chapter 20