Casual Kink: Tracker with practically anything involving sex.

Cannot Spit It Out: Definitely describes Tracker's inability to tell Dylan how he feels.

Brought Down to Normal: The collars spellsters in the story are leashed with strips them of the ability to use their magic.

Braids of Action: Tracker's hair is described as being in one long, thick braid.

Although Authril and Dylan could also count before a certain elven man appears.

Battle Couple: Tracker, being an assassin-type, and the mage, Dylan.Barrier Warrior: A lot of the mages in the story are this, but Dylan is amongst the more competent.Also Katarina, being an archaeologist type character more than capable of fending for herself.Dylan, what with being locked away and with little do but read and practice magic.Anti-Magic: The King's Hounds are immune to magic.After-Action Patch-Up: When Tracker is cut across the arm during a skirmish, Dylan tends to the man's wound.Acquired Poison Immunity: The King's Hounds, along with Tracker, are dosed from the age of five until they gain this trait.In order to return to his old life before the crown discovers his unleashed status, Dylan must rely on the elven man, Tracker, to protect him even when the man’s very presence awakens Dylan’s long-repressed desire.

The story revolves around the magic-wielder Dylan, who joins the King's Army as a leashed weapon only to have things go horribly wrong when an ambush leaves him unleashed and at the risk of being branded a deserter. Spellster is a fantasy/LGBT romance series by Aldrea Alien.

In Pain and Blood by Aldrea Alien