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 tree at their back now seemed an oak, a huge, venerable oak whose branches covered an area as large as a small village. Their feet planted, deep-rooted into the duff of old leaves and acorns, binding them to the very earth as they faced the demon-born creature as they had before—how many times? Rhys was not sure.


He heard Liam&rsquo;s voice join with his, speaking English words instead of Cymric or Gaelic, but speaking with confidence and force. &ldquo;I call on thee, all the gods of my people. I call on thee, my ancestors and on the fathers and sons of Coronado and of Geronimo, of Phillip St. George Cook and the first white men who settled here. I call on the spirits of this place, those known to the folk whose land this was in days of yore. Stand with me and defeat this force of evil.&rdquo;


Chapter 22