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description:  Prince and Trader: Book IFor hundreds of years the kingdom of Llarien has maintained a defense against the barbarians. Now activity at the border draws attention from Kherin Rhylle the less-favored younger son of the king. Kherin suspects a deeper purpose behind the attacks but his father refuses to grant permission to travel to the border despite Kherin's obligated tenure as a Defender. Not even unprecedented deaths or the serious injury of Kherins brother the crown prince can change the kings mind.Then Derek Resh kingdom trader and Kherins closest friend convinces the king to allow Kherin to travel with him and an unexpected journey to the border proves the threat realwhile an unexpected intimacy with Derek makes Kherin realize that his feelings go deeper than the friendship they have shared for most of his life. But even that turns devastating as Derek wont pursue anything more intimate when the kings disapproval is certain.Grasping at straws Kherin is caught between a danger he doesn't understand and the desire for a deeper relationship he can't have. And then there's the magic that threatens to return after being banished hundreds of years ago.
language: English
title: And So It Begins
publisher: Kindle Unlimited