Vaaden Warriors 1: Rheul by Jessica Coulter Smith

Vaaden Warriors 1: Rheul
    by Jessica Coulter Smith
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    Copyright ©2011 First published in 2011, 2011
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    CONTENTS
    Vaaden Warriors: Rheul
    Chapter One
    Chapter Two
    Chapter Three
    Chapter Four
    Chapter Five
    Chapter Six
    Chapter Seven
    Jessica Coulter Smith
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    Vaaden Warriors: Rheul
    Jessica Coulter Smith
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    Vaaden Warriors: Rheul
    Jessica Coulter Smith
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    A hardened warrior, Rheul doesn't believe in love. Until he meets his new slave.
    Falling in love with your slave just isn't something a Vaaden warrior does. But when Rheul claims a new slave, he starts to see that some things aren't always in his control. Darcy starts making a place for herself in his heart whether he likes it or not, and no amount of fighting seems to do him any good.
    But can he forsake his duty to take a Vaaden bride to love the woman who has come to mean so much to him? Or will duty win over his newfound heart?
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Chapter One

From a chair in my brother's library, I watched Enid and Bastian across the room. Anyone could see they loved one another. It didn't seem possible that a Vaaden male could love a slave, but my brother was proof it could happen.
    Unfortunately, it also meant that Bastian thought it could happen for other people too—like me. He knew I'd never find love with the wife I'd eventually have to take, knowing that Vaaden women were cold and heartless. For the past few weeks, we'd fought over my taking a slave. It seemed I'd lost the battle. Any moment now a slave would arrive, one I was to claim for myself. Bastian had arranged it, and I had grumbled the entire time.
    It wasn't that I was opposed to owning slaves; I just wasn't particularly interested in owning one. Don't get me wrong, I'd owned them before, but it had been a while. These days, I visited the public harems, and I preferred it that way.
    It was better if I didn't get attached in the slightest bit. While I didn't