Shortly after, Nessir learned about the conspiracy against the new King and staged an affair with Ophion to find a way to save the man they both love.

As the time pass, they get comfortable with each other, and Abaidas requests his husband approval to start a relationship, which he receives. Leaving the war camp behind, the three men return to the conquered city. He takes his role as the Majesties’ body servant as easy as he had done with the previous King. Perhaps because both men gave him the opportunity to make his own decisions. By the time the barbarians arrived, we have had the opportunity to learn more about Nessir and his sister.Ībaibas’s and Ophion’s arrival changes Nessir’s future, but he decided to serve the King and his Consort without much pressure. The opening scene brought us directly into the story’s setting and provided us with our first introduction to Nessir’s job, place in society, and relationship with King Amun.

And all the while Nessir tries to ignore the growing wish that Ophion's affections were not merely a ruse… In an act of desperation, he throws himself at Ophion, and under guise of being lovers the two work to protect the man they both love. And though a married man should be off limits, Nessir finds himself falling for Abaidas anyway-and astonished when the interest proves to be mutual, and to learn that Ophion has no objections to Abaidas taking a lover.īut just as Nessir is settling into his strange, new life, he stumbles across an assassination plot-a plot he can speak of for fear of his sister's life, unless he can convey it in a way that will not get him caught.

Though at first he is terrified of what they will do, across the palace and through the kingdom Abaidas and Ophion swiftly begin to make improvements their predecessor neglected. When his homeland is conquered by invading barbarians, Nessir winds up not dead, but instead serving the new kings much as he once served his own.

Where Loyalties Lie by Logan Taylor