The Sword Unbroken

An enslaved battleboxer and a fallen noble with a dangerous secret must agree to an uneasy alliance despite conflicting loyalties and forbidden attraction.

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An enslaved champion in the bloodsport of battleboxing, Imalroc has fought for years to try and regain his freedom. But when his fighting contract passes into the hands of Rerdas Toriem, a disgraced noble guarding a dangerous secret, Imalroc finds himself grappling with feelings that both bewilder and upset him. The two men couldn't be more different, but to avoid a political noose, an enemy empire, and a mysterious disease that threatens to upturn everything they know, they must find a way to overcome their conflicting alliances in the hope of securing freedom, safety, and a chance at something more than friendship.

[[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!
Chapter One: Gamble
Chapter Two: Calm Before the Storm
Chapter Three: The Creature in the Cellar
Chapter Three Part II
Chapter Four: Unexpected Attentions
Chapter Four Part II
Chapter Five: In the House of Iffroa
Chapter Five Part II
Chapter Six: Red King's Eve
Chapter Seven: Hanover
Chapter Eight: A Better Sword
Chapter Nine: Trickery and Servitude
Chapter Nine Part II
Chapter Ten: Hit and Miss
Chapter Eleven: Memories
Chapter Twelve: Death Sentences
Chapter Thirteen: The Killer They Adore
Chapter Fourteen: Dinner Fit for a Queen
Chapter Fourteen Part II
Chapter Fifteen: Politics
Chapter Sixteen: Consider the Source of the Sword
Chapter Seventeen: A Swift End and a Dangerous Beginning
Chapter Seventeen Part II
Chapter Eighteen: The Way In
Chapter Eighteen Part II
Chapter Nineteen: Cover Stories
Chapter Twenty: Across the Border
Chapter Twenty One: The Optologician
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Wine
Chapter Twenty Three: Truth Telling
Chapter Twenty Four: Realizations While Lying
Chapter Twenty Five: In the Library
Chapter Twenty Six: Dreams
Chapter Twenty Seven: Cross the Line
Chapter Twenty Seven Part II
Chapter Twenty Eight: Verdict
Chapter Twenty Nine: The Little Dreamer
Chapter Thirty: Wreckage
Chapter Thirty One: Deep
Chapter Thirty Two: In Preparation
Chapter Thirty Three: Hope Strikes Again
Chapter Thirty Four: The River Grave
Chapter Thirty Five: Bromelene and Arnica
Chapter Thirty Six: Sunlight's Spell
Chapter Thirty Seven: The New Truth
Chapter Thirty Eight: At the Edge
Chapter Thirty Nine: Godling's Season
Chapter Thirty Nine Part II
Chapter Forty: For Onyx
Chapter Forty One: Trial of Submission
Chapter Forty Two: Fantasy
Chapter Forty Three: The Ice Prince and the Wire Master
Chapter Forty Four: Doubt
Chapter Forty Five: Tamasyad At Last
Chapter Forty Six: Insult and Recompense
Chapter Forty Seven: The Cracks Will Begin To Show
Chapter Forty Eight: The First and Last Battlebox
Chapter Forty Eight Part II
Chapter Forty Nine: Heart, Freedom, Future
Chapter Forty Nine Part II
An Excerpt from the Sequel