The Warrior's Heart — Justus Roux

On Malka the young warrior name Zenith has been chosen for the honor of being the trainer to Niro's son Zenos. He gets introduced to the warrior women of Loma when Queen Rhaya shows up to meet with Niro. Petra the Queen's guard is instantly attracted to Zenith, even though he works her last nerve by his arrogance. On Loma smaller, weaker males are desired, but Zenith is large and strong just like all the male warriors on Malka. Niro soon finds out his warriors are having trouble adjusting to the strong female warriors of Loma. Ramiro, the son of Tomar, has been best friends with Zenith forever. Ramiro's older brother Alamaxa is being groomed to be the next ruler of the Rundal people and with Tomar away Alamaxa becomes the acting ruler. His first act as ruler is to command his brother Ramiro to choose a mate. Ramiro doesn't want a Rundal female but is most curious about the human females. However, it is forbidden for a Rundal male to be with a human female.