The Heart of A King — Volume I - The Man Who Wants
By Alexia Death
Length5h 20m
About this audiobook
Davin of the South has spent his whole life being useful. Sold to the Eastern court at four, bound at sixteen to a girl coming apart under her own power, married into a crown he had no claim to — he has said yes to every one of them, gladly, and has never once been the one to ask first.
Then a case of wine rattles in a luggage rack on a long road, and he notices that he wants it to stop.
It is a very small thing, and it is the first want he has had in years. He follows it: to a kiss he starts himself, to a sealed letter that is nobody's business but the King's, and finally to a study where he has been left the seal of the South and five months alone with a kingdom.
A story about a man finding out that wanting is permitted — and what he turns out to be once he starts.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy
Length5 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One — The Far Room
2Chapter Two — A List of Wants
3Chapter Three — Confidential
4Chapter Four — The Clause
5Chapter Five — The Burner
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6Chapter Six — The Empty Shelves
7Chapter Seven — The Same Pot
8Chapter Eight — The Daylight Way
9Chapter Nine — The Likeness
10Chapter Ten — Mister Halder
11Chapter Eleven — One Wall
12Chapter Twelve — The Cloak
13Chapter Thirteen — Poor Health
14Chapter Fourteen — The Owner of the Room
15Epilogue — A Desk of His Own
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