The Orc's Bride: A Monster Romance (The Silver Fury Book 1) by Layla Fae

Author:Layla Fae [Fae, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Una

There was no wiggling out of this one. I could already tell he wouldn’t let me get away with a lie, and I had already seen that he was too perceptive to be easily fooled.

I couldn’t lie well enough to deceive Urgan. Or maybe I didn’t want to. At this point, I wasn’t sure about anything anymore.

All because of the stupid bread.

So I told him the truth. Well, the least damaging part of it.

“I was… I am… attracted to you. I think you can tell, can’t you?”

His eyes narrowed suspiciously, and he bent his head lower so our faces could be closer. His warm breath brushed my cheek.

“I know that your body is attracted to me. But I don’t know what Una, real Una, thinks and believes. You’re hiding something.”

“Yes,” I said with a sad smile. “But the secret I am hiding is not just for anyone to hear. So unless you are my husband, I’m not telling you.”

For a moment, he looked utterly furious. Despite myself, I took a step back – only for my back to hit a tree. I was trapped between an orc and the trunk.

But then, he threw back his head and laughed that rich, rumbling laughter of his. I sighed with relief. The mood had lightened and maybe I could escape unscathed, after all.

“Throwing my words back at me already?” he asked. “But distraction won’t work. I want my answer. Will you become my bride?”

Aha. Not so easy, after all. I would have to lie because the truth – that I had used him just to get a safe ride to the capital – wouldn’t cut it. Not after what he had said about hating being used.

So, a lie.

If I pulled this off, this would be the most successful lie I had ever told. I looked bravely into his eyes, squared my shoulders to look completely confident in my words, opened my mouth… and gulped.

I didn’t have to lie.

I could tell him the truth. I opened and closed my mouth and cleared my throat, thrown by the thoughts running through my head. By images, suddenly revealed, that I knew must have been already living in my mind for some time. Images of happiness. Of a family.

With him.

I could tell him the truth and it would be what he wanted to hear. So I did.

“I’d… like that,” I said. My voice sounded like surrender. “I… want to become your mate. But… I need some more time to be certain.”

He looked at me long and hard until he finally seemed satisfied. He stepped closer, trapping me between his large body and the tree behind me. He caught my waist and leaned down, his head closer and closer to my upturned face.

Our noses were almost touching. I couldn’t breathe.

Urgan looked into my eyes, trapping me with his quizzical gaze. I was intoxicated with the power of his attention. And dizzy. I was the only woman in the world, he was the only male, and we were spinning together, our body heat trapped between us.

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