Playing along with him, she said, “You could always start a harem of your own.”
“You don’t leave enough for me to give to another woman,” he said. “Besides, I don’t understand how they make it work. Every woman I’ve ever known had a jealous side to her that was dangerous.” He shook his head, and Lia could understand his dismay, as she hadn’t understood the situation until she’d been forced to live in one. “Hakim has six wives, soon to have a seventh,” Ren said. “He said there were over thirty women—not his wives—in his harem. I cannot imagine that each woman gets the attention she needs. Then too, dealing with the arguments and demands on his time… Why, it boggles my mind.”
“He doesn’t have to sleep with them all. You do not understand, husband. The number of women in a harem is a sign o
