Untamed Gift (Book One of the Items Trilogy)

Seen as a weak slave without a future and hearing voices where there isn't anyone and living under the ruling kingdom of an opressive king's cruel order has made life and freedom nearly impossible to achieve for Alex. Few get a chance to rise and be something more. Fewer live to tell their story. This is one of those.Alex always found his life miserable and useless since he wasn't born with an item, but after a fated encounter with a fair warrior woman and a near death episode he meets Shade, a Shadow Fang, and so starts their journey to break the oppressive shackles of a tyrannical king, save a friend and help change the fate of the lands.