Tending the Ache by Atlas Jones

Indrie is a newly freed slave building a life in a city that welcomes him. He has everything he never dared to want.Everything except the man he can’t stop wanting.Eskil has never kept anyone. He is a warrior king, devoted to his kingdom and his younger brother. He doesn’t lie awake at night thinking about the way a healer half his size sounded when Eskil kissed him for the first time. Except he is doing exactly that and he is losing his mind.But Rengara’s enemies are circling. A treacherous alliance threatens to tear Eskil’s brother from his side. Forces press the borders with coordinated strikes designed to bleed the kingdom dry. And the man Eskil loves is carrying scars far deeper than the ones on his skin — scars that make him believe he isn’t worth keeping.Eskil intends to prove him wrong. If his enemies don’t kill him first.Tending the Ache is the second book in the Rengara series and should be read in order. It contains age gap, size difference, and misunderstandings.