The Invisible Chains - Part 2: Bonds of Fear (73 page)

Also by
Andrew Ashling

A Dish Served Cold

There is one upside to almost getting raped. It proves that you’re

at least desirable to someone. Maybe Andrew Ashton is just a little

bit too rational for his own good. Not however where it concerns

his best friend Sean Denham, scion of a political dynasty, and like

him from a privileged background. There’s only one problem: Sean

is straight. Of course he is.

Being born into money was up until now one of the smartest

moves Andrew Nathaniel Ashton VII ever made. It keeps him free

from worries about his future, earning a living and more of those

trivialities, so he can dedicate himself to the really important things

in life. Like getting laid.

In his society indentured servitude, commonly known as slavery,

has been reintroduced for several, but mainly economical reasons.

It doesn’t bother him all that much. Slaves are kept on large farming

corporations, in factories, in the backside of stores and such. Out of

sight.

Andrew knows slavery exists, and he doesn’t approve, but on the

other hand, it is not as if he made the system what it is, is it? Yes,

there was this one time when it touched him personally, but what

could he do about it? It is not as if slavery is ever going to become a

personal issue, is it?

Andrew thinks the future, all in all, looks bright and carefree. He

thinks he is about to find true love. He thinks he is safe.

He is wrong.

Warning:
not for the faint of heart. Contains explicit scenes,

though never gratuitous or unexplained, of an often violent nature.

I will try to take you on a roller coaster from the smutty to the

mushy. I will try to rip your guts out, but also your heart. I definitely

want to make you cry, but I also hope to make you laugh once in a

while. Sometimes I will paint you scenes of a very graphical nature, but

there will be occasions that I will bring you to the very edge and leave

it to your imagination to finish what, anyway, couldn’t be stopped

anymore. I want to touch your most sexual organ: your brain. What

you do with your other sexual organs is of course your own affair.

I am a kind person, so I will not brutalize your mind from the very

beginning. The first four, five chapters are relatively mild. Gradually

however, the mood will darken and at a certain point events will take

a sharp, nasty turn. You will need a strong stomach.

A Dish Served Cold
is available on

Amazon

and the website of the author

Ximerion

Also by
Andrew Ashling

The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate

Anaxantis, prince of Ximerion.

You will hate him...
if your heart isn’t big enough.

While the kingdom of Ximerion is threatened at its southern

border by a major power, the high king sends his two youngest

sons, the half brothers Anaxantis and Ehandar, as Lord Governors

to the Northern Marches where minor raids by wild barbarians are

expected. Under the guidance of an old and trusted general, the

king hopes to keep the young princes far from the major conflict in

the south, while at the same time providing them with a valuable

learning experience. The estranged half brothers are rivals, but

soon they feel attracted to each other. As if this was not enough of

a complication, they begin to suspect that they were set up by their

own father. The result is a fierce struggle for power where the lines

between hate and love become almost indistinguishable and where

nothing is what it seems.

When I first thought of the story, my initial reaction was:
“This

isn’t going to be for everyone. You expect people to learn strange

names, words and concepts in weird languages, casually digest half-

brothercest annex rape annex domination, your main hero has a few

flaws, to put it mildly, and you liberally sprinkle political intrigue over

the mixture. This story should come with it’s own supply of Pepto-

Bismol.
”

From a fairly simple narrative it grew into a rather complex epic

tale, set in a kind of medieval world, but, and this is important, not

our Middle Ages. There are literally dozens of characters. It takes

some effort, especially in the beginning, but I hope you will find it

worth your while. Actually I am not so much just trying to tell a story

as to create a series of books you can live in.

This is the first part of three.

The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
is available on

Amazon

and the website of the author

Ximerion

Also by
Andrew Ashling

Just Don’t Mess With Us

These stories are fast food, ice creams, snacks. Right after eating

them, you will feel hungry again. They have no nutritious value

whatsoever, but I hope you’ll find them tasty.

Ever thought about how it would be if you were in love with three

persons at once? And all three were in love with you? And with each

other? And you lived together? And you all were guys? Wouldn’t it

just be like a family? That is what Alan thinks...

Alan is a bit rude, and he sees and has so much sex, that he talks

constantly about it, almost without realizing it. If male on male sex,

graphic scenes or coarse language offend you, this is probably not

for you.

Every chapter is a little story by itself, but in the same setting. Yet

it is best to read them in sequence, as each story tells you something

more about one or more of the characters.

Just Don’t Mess With Us
is available on

Amazon

and the website of the author

Ximerion

• Copyright
  
• Map of Ximerion
  
• When Doubt Creeps In
  
• Living Letter
  
• New Plans
  
• Sleeping Giant
  
• Tomorrow’s Fire
  
• Fighting Chance
  
• In Love and War
  
• Prince of the Mukthars
  
• Treason, Bloody Treason
  
• Gathering Clouds
  
• Edge of Despair
  
• Race to Elmshill
  
• Collision Course
  
• Maps of Elmshill
  
• What Makes a Prince
  
• Where the Heart Is
  
• About the authorI
  
• A Dish Served Cold
  
• The Invisible Chains - Part 1: Bonds of Hate
  
• Just Don’t Mess With Us