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Lord Dravick Grey is the dragon king of his nest, and desperately in love with the human servant who fills his wine goblets during dinner. Aaron is a favorite, and though he cannot make it known to anyone, even the man himself, that does not stop him from secretly meeting him again and again in his bed chambers for nights of pleasure.

Though Dravick would love nothing more than to make his love for the man known, recent attacks and traitors within his nest make that impossible. If he were to announce his love for a human, the dragons under his command would rise up, and they would take their anger out on Aaron.

He might be too late, however. Someone has learned the truth and has gone after Aaron in a bid to make him suffer for the crime of being with the king, and Dravick will make them suffer for it in return…

 

Book Review

After quite a few of the dragon warriors in this world, apparently called Gaia, have already found human mates, I was fascinated to learn, at the end of the previous book, that apparently King Dravick himself is also more than casually interested in a human servant by the name of Aaron. Now, you’d think that, being the king, he can do whatever he wants, but not so amongst the dragons. The prejudice against humans, and against those interested in humans as mates, is strong enough that even the king has to be careful. Not because anyone would harm him, although even that seems possible, but because the human-haters might retaliate against the human member of the couple. In a tale full of the discoveries of finally admitted love, emerging anger on the part of the haters, and a gruesome attack on Aaron, the king’s chosen mate, this is the story of King Dravick and Aaron learning that hiding their love is not the solution.

Dravick may have ascended the throne because he killed his tyrant of an uncle, but he seems to be quite a timid king. He is careful, doesn’t want to upset the existing balance, and even though he wants to have Aaron by his side, he is not exactly pushing for it with all his might. As they get closer though, and as Dravivk begins to understand how much he loves Aaron, he also begins to change into a more self-confident ruler. This transformation is accelerated when Aaron is taken and beaten up by some idiot dragons who think they’ll teach him a lesson. Dravick begins to come into his own, puts his foot down, and starts to behave like a true king.

Aaron is just a servant in his own mind. Nobody special, he was convicted of the crime of too much debt (which in his case was a total lie), and left on the stake for the dragons to get. Now he is living a life of luxury; yes, he is a servant, but he has clothes, food, and a place to sleep each night. He has also fallen in love with the king of the dragons and even though he knows that is “forbidden”, he cannot seem to help himself. He doesn’t expect much, and even encourages Dravick to be careful around others, but he also secretly wants more. The price he pays is high – but in the end, it may be the only way to get people and dragons to realize how idiotically short-sighed their bigotry is.

 

If you like stories about dragon kings and what they learn when they fall in love, if you believe a human servant can figure out how to be a king’s mate, and if you believe that love can overcome all obstacles, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 35739 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	07-March-2015
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/allow-me-to-serve-you