One shot: Claimed

When one finds the man of their dreams and falls in love and marries him, one doesn't think of genetics. ( rant )

Title: Claimed
Status: Complete
Genre: m/m, coming of age, [some term that means the story is set in the past in a world that might be our own in a place like Central Asia], Along the Silk Road
Rating: PG
Content: fear, calm, anger, pride, threats, a rescue, the truth, pain, escape, and a pleasant memory
Length: about 3,000 words
Summary: Priti might be his family's only hope when they are threatened by ruffians.



Priti’s mother pulled him behind her as men filled the area around their gher. His pride told him to stand in front of her, but he was too much of a coward to listen. These men were big and grim and Manraj was among them. Manraj was not much older than Priti’s oldest sister, but he’d made a name for himself as a ruffian, a sore winner, and a showoff even before his father died and left him his herds. Manraj’s father had never enforced his power, but Manraj was now the richest man in the area and his word was law.

( He had to save them all from ruin )