The Harem Master by Megan Derr

Author:Megan Derr [Derr, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQ romance, Fantasy, Tavamara
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2015-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Ihsan jerked awake, hand going to the knife tucked into a concealed nook in his headboard before he registered the disturbance was someone pounding on his door. "Enter!" he called out.

A guard opened the door. "Your Highness, Lord Demir is here and says he must speak with you at once."

Fear banished all remnants of sleep. "Send him in." Ihsan threw back the blankets and opened the bed curtains, entering the main area of his chamber just as Demir reached it. "What's wrong? Is everyone well? Was somebody hurt? Where are my men?"

"Your men are well," Demir said. "I am sorry I caused you alarm. I need to speak with you about Lord Bulut." Demir did not bow, did not even lower his head.

Ihsan had never known Demir to break protocol, save for when he'd lost his temper after Ihsan had questioned his relationship with Bulut. He was completely unsurprised that Bulut was yet again the source of Demir's distress. "Are you all right? What did he do?"

"Apparently His Majesty ordered Lord Bulut to keep a close eye on your harem. He came by earlier in the evening while I, Lord Haluk, and Lord Kitt were still in the city. Shortly after we returned, he came by again and forced his way past me into my private rooms—into my bedroom, where your men were making a show of training so he would believe the lie. I have ordered him locked up for the night."

"I will see him removed from his post for such disrespectful and violent behavior," Ihsan snarled. "Let me get dressed." Merciful Divine, he was standing around naked. In all his hideous glory. At least Demir had been considerate enough not to say anything, or show his horror.

Going to his trunks, he quickly pulled on clothes, jerking the dark teal sleeves on hard enough he half-expected them to tear. When they were securely laced, he wrapped a teal sash around his waist and tucked away a few small daggers, then at the last moment, buckled on his sword.

Binding his hair in a knot at the back of his head, he rejoined Demir at the door. He faltered briefly, noticing only then that Demir's hair was loose. It had always been braided back before, Ihsan had never appreciated how much there was. It fell to his hips, long and straight and beautiful. Ihsan shook himself, cursing himself for a pathetic fool. "Tell me exactly what transpired this entire night; leave nothing out."

Demir winced but obeyed. When he got to the part where Kitt had kissed him, Ihsan understood the wince. "I apologize for his behavior, Lord Demir. I know apologies are paltry things, especially when I've offered so many already on Kitt's behalf and his behavior shows no change, but I promise it will be taken care of."

"I do not mind Lord Kitt," Demir said quietly. "His behavior is not intended to be offensive, so I do not take it that way. I only am sorry that I permitted something so forward with your harem when I had no such permission.

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