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Sovereign’s Gladiator
Devon rules a rich province of the mighty Raenthe Empire, but in his dreams the
young Sovereign does not play the master in bed. Lord of everything, in the depths of
the night, Devon just wants to surrender to a stronger power, a dominating man.
The star of all Devon’s wet dreams is the magnificent desert man, Xan, the
champion gladiator. Devon was the one who sentenced Xan to die in the arena as an
example to all his rebellious desert kind. Devon was also the one who pardoned Xan
and gave him his freedom.
When Xan accompanies Devon as the Sovereign’s guardsman on a dangerous
journey into the wild lands, it is raw passion, betrayal and impossible desire that reign
over both men.
An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication
Sovereign’s Gladiator
ISBN 9781419930812
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Sovereign’s Gladiator Copyright © 2010 Jez Morrow
Edited by Briana St. James
Cover art by Dar Albert
Electronic book publication September 2010
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Jez Morrow
Sovereign’s Gladiator
Chapter One
The man’s back was turned as Devon entered the chamber. Even so, Devon knew
him. Recognition grabbed him by the balls and squeezed hard.
The gladiator stood framed in the expansive window. Sunlight made his boldly
sculpted musculature stand out in high relief. His barbarian hair was the color of a
lion’s mane, but not so shaggy. His coarsely woven tunic top left his brawny arms bare.
His sun-darkened skin bore white flecks of battle scars.
This was the gladiator Xandaras. The mighty Xan.
Devon feared his shock and lust were plain for all his attendants to see. He did not
dare meet anyone’s gaze.
Devon had been in love with Xan from the moment the gladiator first stepped into
the arena and killed the men who were meant to be his executioners.
Xan was the most beautiful man Devon had ever seen in his life—not that Devon’s
life had been all that long. Devon, the Sovereign of the province of Shiliya, had seen
only twenty-eight summers.
Devon was not sure whom he had expected to find here in his reception chamber,
but it was not Xan.
The gladiator did not turn to face him. Perhaps the sheer number of attendants and
the grandeur of this room told the gladiator that someone of great importance had
entered behind him, not the sort of someone to slip a cowardly blade between anyone’s
ribs from behind.
If not for defense, then the barbarian still should have turned around out of respect
for his betters.
The barbarian chose not to.
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