One to Love

By Odessa Lynne

In New United R'H'ani, everyone knows falling in love inside the harems is risky, but the intimate contact with co-workers makes it easy to fall. Tomas is certain Tyran has done just that, and he’s worried his friend’s heart is about to be broken. Tomas will do whatever he can to lessen Tyran’s pain—even put his own heart at risk.

Enjoy this steamy new tale of harem life set in the capital city of R’H’ani, where employment inside Sa’Marckale’s harem offers both challenge and delight for those lucky enough to find love!

Male/Male content. Romance for readers who like stories that are hot and sweet, and not of this world!

ONE TO LOVE is the seventh story in The R’H’ani Chronicles and is approximately 12,500 words. Novelette length.

Previous volumes in the R'H'ani Chronicles
One for Himself (Vol. 1)
His One and Only (Vol. 2)
Everything He Wants (Vol. 3)
All He Needs (Vol. 4)
One of Many (Vol. 5)
His Only One (Vol. 6)
Get the first six stories of The R’H’ani Chronicles in The R’H’ani Chronicles Collection 1: Volumes 1–6!

Although One to Love can be read as a stand-alone story, for the best reading experience, the stories in this series should be read in order.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Odessa Lynne
• Release date: Sep 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311443359

Odessa Lynne

Odessa Lynne is a romance author at heart, even though many of her books cross the science fiction, fantasy, and romance genres.After years of reading romance, fantasy, and science fiction novels, Odessa discovered she liked romance in her fantasy, sex in her science fiction, and love between her heroes best of all. So that’s exactly what she puts in all her own stories now, for readers who enjoy the same!Odessa lives in the southeastern United States.Visit odessalynne.com for information about current and upcoming releases or to sign up to her new releases email list.

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ONE TO LOVE

THE R’H’ANI CHRONICLES

#7

A Novelette

Odessa Lynne

ODELYN PUBLISHING

ONE TO LOVE

Copyright © 2015 by Odessa Lynne

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First Electronic Publication September 2015

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, organizations, events, and incidents portrayed in this novel are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales are entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright

About One to Love

ONE TO LOVE

About The R’H’ani Chronicles

Also by Odessa Lynne

About the Author

About One to Love

In New United R'H'ani, everyone knows falling in love inside the harems is risky. Tomas is certain that Tyran has done just that and he’s worried his friend’s heart is about to be broken. Tomas is willing to do anything he can to lessen Tyran’s pain—even put his own heart at risk.

Enjoy this hot new tale of harem life set in the capital city of R’H’ani, where employment inside Sa’Marckale’s harem offers both challenge and delight for those lucky enough to find love!

ONE TO LOVE

"The first time I had him, I knew he was something special. I would never be satisfied to be only a job to him. She knew that." —Spencyr Ramynad, former First Aide to Rycka Marckale and author of Politics in the Time of Stantyn Panyl’s Presidentship, 8644–

Tomas jogged beside Tyran on the packed soil that wound across the grounds of Sa’Marckale’s private residence, tall trees shading their path from the glare of sunlight. He and Tyran had been sharing afterhours recently, mostly because Tomas enjoyed running the trails that stretched from deep within the harem gardens to the very outskirts of Sa’Marckale’s property and so did Tyran.

The only days it made sense to run were rest days, so when their rest days lined up, they ran together. Waltyr joined them occasionally, but he mostly walked while Tomas and Tyran lapped him on the trails. Waltyr liked to go off trail and hike up to the short ridge that overlooked the serene waters of U’rgee River, flowing smoothly between the deeply etched banks.

During the rainy season, the waters often reached the very top of the ridge. Tomas had caught a glimpse one day a few months back and seen the power of the roiling waters. Waltyr had said that the river had never crested the ridge.

Waltyr’s rest day hadn’t matched Tomas’s and Tyran’s today, so they were alone, and so far, Tomas hadn’t seen anyone else on the trails either.

Somehow, the conversation had turned to how they’d made the choice to join their first harem.

Tomas hadn’t told anyone his story before, mainly because no one had ever asked, but also because he had taken a while to come to terms with his agreement to join when he’d never actually intended to do any such thing.

My cousins, Jyncka and Hraben, they made sure I didn’t have any real choice, he told Tyran.

And that was true. He hadn’t approached the employment agency of his own free will, and he hadn’t signed his first contract without second, or even third, thoughts. He had never wanted to work in a harem. His mother and father had taught him that giving in to the pleasures of flesh weakened one’s character and they had used the stories of the bureaucrats’ and officers’ excesses as their proof.

Before their deaths, they had belonged to one of the primary