Rule of His Brother
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The DARK love story of two people who hate each other.
Alternate path where Lazlian captures Zaria in the backlands. Forced proximity affects them both as Lazlian trains Zaria to accept his brother. Mounting pressure to create an heir is at the forefront as without one, both the dynasty and Juls's life is urgently at risk. Before it's over, Lazlian and Zaria will have terrorized one another in a power struggle and bid for revenge, (but it's primarily him tormenting her.)
First-person because it's an alternate path of the story.
**Mild Spoiler - This begins with moderate enemies but it darkens and increases in severity at the end of Part I.
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Laz remarked cruelly, “You’re very much afraid of me, aren’t you?”
“Monsters tend to inspire fear, can you blame me for feeling it?”
“And what do whores inspire?”
Lazlian squeezed his eyes shut and he winced at his own words, at what I guessed was the same thought I had.
Lust.
Whores tend to inspire lust, can you blame me for feeling it?
I felt uncomfortably warm at the idea and I knew Laz wasn’t about to finish throwing my words back at me. Not this time.
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- Part 1 of Rule of His Brother
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Zaria is returned to Rythas and must sleep with her husband, the king, as soon as possible to cover for the baby that may or may not be growing inside her.
Her husband's brother's baby. That he forced upon her for the good of the kingdom. Or so he claims.
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“Yes.” His voice was a sword hot from the flames, and it cut through me as easily as that scorching metal would slice a flower, bud from stem. “I bought my brother’s life with your tears and I’d do it again.”
“You bought his crown with my tears!” I shouted.
“I bought the kingdom’s stability-”
“Don’t pretend you weren’t trying to save your dynasty!” I cut him off, wild with fury. “With my pain and my stolen life!”
Lazlian replied without mercy. “I bought many things with many stolen parts of you. How do you want me to repent when I wouldn’t change it?”
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- Part 2 of Rule of His Brother