Book excerpt: Nylif hides a dark secret. If it’s exposed, evil forces will do everything in their power to manipulate her to their own wicked ends. For years, she narrowly evades their control…until her village and its people are caught in the middle of a brutal warfare campaign between the unfeeling invader, DuGauche, and the depraved warlord who means to kill him, Sortie. To save her adopted homeland, Nylif must expose herself to the carnal manipulation of both these men…as she falls passionately in love with someone else, a courageous mute eunuch who has saved her life once already.