Claiming Their Village Bride: A Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance (Claiming Their Bride Book 2) by Abby Aaron

Author:Abby Aaron [Aaron, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Published: 2019-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

12

Smiley’s Devotion

They tried to talk him out of it, but Aras was sure his plan was sound. While Anders and Loinbard, and their shadow Ellias, headed directly for the south side of the village, he raced back to the center of the community. One of the seasoned warriors who had been charged with watching his triad during their stay in the village pursued him. It became clear where he was heading; the man stopped hiding his pursuit and made his presence known. Aras realized the man was likely thinking he meant to try searching for Jemina in some of the family units that lined the area.

“She will not be found in any of these dwellings,” the older stranger warned, his voice deadly low. He was making no effort to hide his duty to protect the village from this outsider. His hand rested on his sword ready to attack if Aras dared to try entering any of the homes. From the dark shades of the Urijah colors the warrior was clad in, Aras wondered if the man was a powerful leader in the village, possibly even an elder. The Konrad warrior quickly dismissed the notion. It was hard to reconcile the image of an elder being tasked with this man’s current obligation to watch over visitors to their land.

He should be ashamed, but it did please Aras to note the older, fit warrior running beside him was out of breath as they raced around the building until they reached where he was heading. Youth did have its advantages. Pulling a bit of meat from a pocket in his pants, Aras slowed down and approached a closed off area carefully. “I would be a fool to try making entrance into any of your family units.”

The man was satisfied with the response and arrogantly dipped his jaw with approval. “You understand I would likely kill you for such an insult?”

“Actually, I believe I could hold my own against you at the moment, sir. I mean no disrespect, but you are quite exhausted from our recent foot race to this location, otherwise you would likely do me great harm. I believe any husbands inside any family unit I dare to enter would make quick work of spilling my blood with an arsenal of weapons lining the walls directly by the entrance.”

“How do you know about the cache of weapons inside the family units?” The warrior was more indignant about that knowledge than the earlier comment about his exhaustion.

“Given that my own fathers have their armaments lining the interior walls of our family unit back in the village of Konrad, it was a logical conclusion. Trust me, sir. I do not seek an early death, only an extra advantage in the challenge Leodon set forth.” Aras turned his attention back to what brought him to the center of the village.

“Hello, Smiley. I see someone has tied you up again. What a shame, too. It’s a nice day to run free, isn’t it?” The hound lapped

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