BEFOREToria and Kane might look nothing alike, might enjoy different interests and hobbies, and might have occasional strong differences in opinion, but in most ways, they were a matched set. They were bonded through a combination of strong magic and the affection born of years of friendship. They shared compatible life goals and had built a mercenary partnership fast becoming famous on two continents. But in one major way, their lives differed.
She lived in a cozy apartment above the stable-turned-garage at Limani’s mage school. Kane shared rooms in the main house with the head of the mage school, with whom he had been in a steadfast relationship for close to five years.
She dated on occasion, most often outside of Limani, with men more interested in her warrior-mage mystique—and other
