num_pages: 330
description: Cyrus and Nadir first met as hungry orphans on Behekams streets at twelve years old. They became friends then partners in the thievery that enabled them to survive and as they passed their days together they fell in love. When they are both taken as pleasure slaves in the opulent palace of the Malik of Neyem love becomes more complicated. Rumors of an attempt on Malik Bathasar's life put Cyrus and Nadir's relationship to the testthey must pose convincingly as intimate slaves to the young malik as part of a plan to lure the assassin into the open. TemanMalik Bathasars real personal pleasure slave and true loverwas once trained by Cyrus for the same duties and the attraction and care Cyrus developed for him then still remains. The Malik of Neyem proves an easy man to love and Nadirs feelings for him grow while theyre pretending to love each other. Cyrus and Nadir care deeply for each other but theyve forgotten the first rule of love: communicate in honesty. Their love remains strong enough to weather the changesif they have the courage not only to face the coming dangers but to put aside deception and find their truth.
language: English
title: Deception
publisher: Dreamspinner Press