![]() ![]() Sairis is confident in his ability to intimidate anyone who comes too close. He tells himself that he’ll just watch-see what ordinary people enjoy every day. Sairis knows he’s doing something foolish by visiting a tavern the evening before his meeting with the royals-a tavern that caters to men of certain tastes. He’s frightened, although he doesn’t want to admit it. He knows that he will have to bargain for his life tomorrow. Sairis is a necromancer with a price on his head. He figures he’ll need something to look forward to tomorrow, since he must spend the day in council with his family’s sworn enemy-a necromancer whom his sister has rashly invited to consult about the war. Roland exerts all his knightly charm and is rewarded by the promise of a second date. The man clearly has his secrets, but so does Roland, and their unexpected chemistry makes him feel alive for the first time in months. He does not expect to find a fascinating scholar from out of town-a lonely young man with beautiful eyes and an obvious longing to be touched, buried beneath a prickly demeanor. ![]() Roland expects to enjoy some anonymity and perhaps flirt with a few strangers for old time’s sake. ![]() It’s the place where he kissed a man for the first time, the place where he used to carouse with the lover he buried on a battlefield. He sneaks out to his favorite tavern for nostalgia’s sake. Prince Roland comes home from the war to bury his father and see his sister on the throne. The Capital (The Knight and the Necromancer #1) by A.H. ![]()
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